The Kuchler surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 648 people carried this name — #34,835 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 454,500 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (645).
What the name means
The meaning of the Kuchler surname
Borrowed from German Küchler, occupational surname for a pastry cook.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Kuchler» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
764 people named Kuchler live in Switzerland.
They live in 19 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Obwalden.
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 Kuchler.
10 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 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 Poland’s population register
67 people named Kuchler have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 92 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 Łódź.
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
29 people named Kuchler is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
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).
Who carried it
People named Kuchler,
with a public archive behind them.
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John Kuchler 1500–1521 · politician
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Conrad Heinrich Küchler 1740–1821 · engraver
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Conrad Heinrich Küchler 1740–1810 · engraver
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Conrad Heinrich Küchler 1746–1821 · engraver
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Conrad Heinrich Küchler 1746–1810 · engraver
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Maximilian von Kuchler 1857– · judge
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Kuchler.
- Kubicki 1,029 · U.S. census
- Kubik 2,838 · U.S. census
- Kubler 426 · U.S. census
- Kuc 593 · U.S. census
- Kuca 137 · U.S. census
- Kucharski 2,487 · U.S. census
- Kuchta 1,925 · U.S. census
- Kuczynski 1,559 · U.S. census
- Kuder 951 · U.S. census
- Kudla 1,002 · U.S. census
- Kuehn 7,181 · U.S. census
- Kuen 183 · U.S. census
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