The Oehler surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,095 people carried this name — #14,294 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 140,800 people counted. That is up 3% from 2,033 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
625 people named Oehler live in Switzerland.
They live in 17 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 122 people named Oehler.
9 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 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 print
Oehler in American newspapers,
1914–1922.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 10,457 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Oehler,
with a public archive behind them.
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Louis Oehler d. 1877 · lord of the manor
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David Friedrich Oehler 1725–1797 · entrepreneur
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Joseph Oehler 1763–1816 · publisher
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Joseph Oehler 1763–1815 · publisher
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Joseph Oehler 1765–1816 · publisher
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Joseph Oehler 1765–1815 · publisher
Wikidata (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Oehler.
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