The Loffler surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 317 people carried this name — #63,068 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 909,100 people counted. That is up 12% from 284 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Loffler surname
A surname from German, variant of Loeffler.
From Löffel (“spoon”) + -er.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Löffler» (German), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
344 people named Loffler live in Switzerland.
They live in 18 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 92 people named Loffler 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 Buenos Aires Province.
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.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 67 people named Loffler.
32 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 6 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
58 people named Loffler have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 116 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 Lower Silesian.
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
25 people named Loffler 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).
In print
Loffler in American newspapers,
1901–1921.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Loffler.
- Loehr 2,727 · U.S. census
- Loerch 261 · U.S. census
- Loesch 2,428 · U.S. census
- Loesel 288 · U.S. census
- Loetscher 234 · U.S. census
- Loew 1,853 · U.S. census
- Loffredo 1,376 · U.S. census
- Loge 468 · U.S. census
- Logel 288 · U.S. census
- Logelin 223 · U.S. census
- Loger 214 · U.S. census
- Logghe 108 · U.S. census
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