Kindler surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Kindler surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 921 people carried this name — #26,492 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 322,600 people counted. That is down 21% from 1,166 in 2000.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

591 people named Kindler live in Switzerland.

They live in 15 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Bern 265
Zurich 92
Aargau 49
Solothurn 42
Basel-Landschaft 31
Lucerne 21
Vaud 19
Basel-Stadt 14

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 Poland’s population register

150 people named Kindler have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 198 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 10 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Łódź.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Łódź 32
Silesian 24
Greater Poland 19
Opole 18
Lower Silesian 15
Lesser Poland 12
Masovian 11
Pomeranian 9

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 73 people named Kindler.

18 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 18
Haut-Rhin 15
Paris 7
Marne 7
Bouches-du-Rhône 5
Rhône 4
Bas-Rhin 4
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 4
Allier 4

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 68 people named Kindler live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Misiones.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Misiones 43
Buenos Aires Province 25

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In the Nordic population registers

21 people named Kindler is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 21

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).

Who carried it

People named Kindler,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Rudolf Kindler
    Rudolf Kindler 1819–1891 · businessperson
  • Fabian Kindler 1515–1573
  • Johann Kindler 1529–1604 · Lutheran pastor
  • Johann Kindler 1660–1723 · teacher
  • Johan Frederik Christoffer Kindler 1790–1861 · merchant
  • Stanisław Kindler 1790–1862

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

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