The Kobler surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 496 people carried this name — #43,511 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 588,200 people counted. That is down 12% from 562 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
1,270 people named Kobler live in Switzerland.
They live in 20 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in St. Gallen.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 93 people named Kobler.
5 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 34 people named Kobler 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
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Kobler,
with a public archive behind them.
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Johanna Kobler 1791–1868 · dancer
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Giovanni Kobler 1811–1893 · historian
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Andreas Kobler 1816–1892 · historian
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Rudolf Kobler 1859–1924
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Emma Kobler 1864–1942
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Julius Kobler 1866–1942 · stage actor
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Kobler.
When the index is not enough
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