The Nadler surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,034 people carried this name — #10,563 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 97,100 people counted. That is up 2% from 2,967 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Nadler surname
From the German and Jewish surname, agent noun from Nadel (“needle”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Nadler» (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
301 people named Nadler live in Switzerland.
They live in 14 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Thurgau.
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 118 people named Nadler.
22 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Moselle.
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 42 people named Nadler 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
21 people named Nadler 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
Nadler in American newspapers,
1904–1922.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,784 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Nadler,
with a public archive behind them.
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V. K. Nadler 1840–1894 · historian -
Jörg Nadler 1450–1525 · printer
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Karl Gottfried Nadler 1809–1849 · writer
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Gustav Adolf Nadler 1834–1912 · actor
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Friedrich Nadler 1847–1924 · pedagogue
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Isak Nadler 1856–1942
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Nadler.
- Nadal 1,211 · U.S. census
- Nadalin 137 · U.S. census
- Nade 110 · U.S. census
- Nadeau 12,236 · U.S. census
- Nader 2,833 · U.S. census
- Nadin 115 · U.S. census
- Nadreau 144 · U.S. census
- Naegel 100 · U.S. census
- Naegele 1,216 · U.S. census
- Naegelin 100 · U.S. census
- Naert 154 · U.S. census
- Naessens 120 · U.S. census
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