The Guler surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 444 people carried this name — #47,706 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 666,700 people counted. That is up 30% from 342 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
920 people named Guler live in Switzerland.
They live in 20 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 590 people named Guler live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Brussels-Capital.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 90 people named Guler.
Most of them — 73 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Seine-Saint-Denis.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Poland’s population register
35 people named Guler have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 212 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 5 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In the Nordic population registers
247 people named Guler are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Guler in American newspapers,
1890–1954.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,827 pages in all carry the name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Guler.
- Guiter 106 · U.S. census
- Guiton 365 · U.S. census
- Guittard 107 · U.S. census
- Gul 921 · U.S. census
- Gulden 972 · U.S. census
- Guldner 262 · U.S. census
- Gulino 1,311 · U.S. census
- Gulli 415 · U.S. census
- Gullo 2,280 · U.S. census
- Gully 2,107 · U.S. census
- Gumbs 1,885 · U.S. census
- Gungor 267 · U.S. census
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