The Hepler surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,445 people carried this name — #7,494 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 66,200 people counted. That is up 3% from 4,315 in 2000.

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In print

Hepler in American newspapers,
1892–1920.

Newspaper page from The Daily Gate City And Constitution-democrat carrying the name Hepler
The Daily Gate City And Constitution-democrat 1920-11-04
Newspaper page from The Waco Evening News carrying the name Hepler
The Waco Evening News 1892-01-21
Newspaper page from The Butler Weekly Times carrying the name Hepler
The Butler Weekly Times 1892-01-27

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 6,855 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Hepler in Australian newspapers,
1900s–1940s.

28 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Hepler. The most, 16, date from the 1940s.

Articles, by state

Queensland 8
Western Australia 8
New South Wales 3
Victoria 3
Tasmania 2
ACT (Canberra) 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Hepler.

Who carried it

People named Hepler,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Chester W. Hepler 1898–1976 · bureaucrat
  • Opal Elsie Hepler 1899–1993 · professor
  • Bill Hepler 1945–2025 · baseball player

Wikidata (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Hepler,
in the records of 2 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States263 records

263 records of the Hepler name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 189
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 40
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 13
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 8
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 7
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Bernard R. Hepler

    Born 1923 in North Carolina. Enlisted 1943 at Camp Croft, South Carolina; mechanic. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1998, buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Greensboro, North Carolina.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Elisabeth Hepler

    Arrived at New York in 1853 aboard the Germania from Havre, aged 21; farmer. From Germany.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Raymond L. Hepler

    Born 1932; from Prescott, Iowa. U.S. Marine Corps; killed in action 1951 in Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 263 records for Hepler in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Germany3 records

3 records of the Hepler name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list August Hepler

    From Jedwabno, Allenstein. Reported missing in the Prussian casualty list of 14 September 1916 (Infantry Regiment No. 140).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Karl Hepler

    From Geisingen. Reported dead in the Prussian casualty list of 29 May 1915 (Brigade Replacement Battalion No. 55).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Showing 2 of 3 records for Hepler in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).

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