The Thaler surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,237 people carried this name — #13,551 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 131,600 people counted. That is up 8% from 2,063 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
578 people named Thaler 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 53 people named Thaler.
10 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 départements, most often Paris.
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 48 people named Thaler 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 21 people named Thaler live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Antwerp.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Thaler in American newspapers,
1896–1922.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 63,123 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Thaler,
with a public archive behind them.
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Christine Thaler 1852–1936 · writer -
Christine Thaler 1852–1936 · writer
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Jean Thaler d. 1356
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Franz Christian Thaler 1759–1817 · sculptor
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Franz Christian Thaler 1759–1817 · sculptor
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Aurelius Ant. Thaler 1796–1843 · botanist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Thaler.
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