The Mahler surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,222 people carried this name — #6,498 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 56,500 people counted. That is up 1% from 5,167 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
814 people named Mahler live in Switzerland.
They live in 22 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 602 people named Mahler.
26 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 31 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 79 people named Mahler 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 the Nordic population registers
503 people named Mahler 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
Mahler in American newspapers,
1883–1917.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 32,324 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Mahler,
with a public archive behind them.
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Johann Augustin Mahler d. 1737 -
Johannes Mahler d. 1634 · teacher
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Franz Mahler d. 1918
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Georg Mahler d. 1505
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Valentin Maler 1540–1603 · goldsmith
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Christian Maler 1578–1652 · medalist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Mahler.
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