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The Spengler surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,178 people carried this name — #13,871 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 135,100 people counted. That is up 4% from 2,089 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Spengler surname

A surname, Spengler, originating as an occupation.

From Late Middle High German speng(e)ler, from Spengel/Spängel (a diminutive form of Spange) + -er.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Spengler» (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

542 people named Spengler live in Switzerland.

They live in 21 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Zurich 154
Thurgau 61
Aargau 57
Schaffhausen 44
Bern 39
Basel-Landschaft 34
St. Gallen 31
Lucerne 25

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 400 people named Spengler 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.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 122
Entre Ríos 107
Santa Fe 70
Córdoba 67
Misiones 34

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 287 people named Spengler.

31 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 34 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 31
Bas-Rhin 88
Moselle 23
Paris 21
Meurthe-et-Moselle 17
Haut-Rhin 15
Vosges 13
Somme 10
Aisne 8

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In the Nordic population registers

41 people named Spengler is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 41

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

Spengler in American newspapers,
1921–1925.

Newspaper page from Nord Stern carrying the name Spengler
Nord Stern 1921-03-11
Newspaper page from Der Sonntagsbote Und Der Seebote carrying the name Spengler
Der Sonntagsbote Und Der Seebote 1921-03-20
Newspaper page from El Mundo carrying the name Spengler
El Mundo 1925-07-05

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 10,557 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Spengler,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Lazarus Spengler
    Lazarus Spengler 1479–1534 · writer
  • Lorenz Spengler
    Lorenz Spengler 1720–1807 · naturalist
  • Johann Adam Spengler
    Johann Adam Spengler 1726–1790
  • Johan Conrad Spengler
    Johan Conrad Spengler 1767–1839 · merchant
  • Alexander Spengler
    Alexander Spengler 1827–1901 · physician

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 118 lives in all are documented under this name.

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