Werle surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Werle surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 925 people carried this name — #26,391 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 322,600 people counted. That is down 5% from 976 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 499 people named Werle.

8 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 38 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 8
Bas-Rhin 229
Haut-Rhin 96
Moselle 21
Meurthe-et-Moselle 20
Maine-et-Loire 16
Paris 16
Territoire de Belfort 15
Loir-et-Cher 9

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 361 people named Werle 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 Misiones.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Misiones 287
Buenos Aires Province 35
Santa Cruz 29
City of Buenos Aires 10

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Poland’s population register

120 people named Werle have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 135 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 11 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Masovian 27
Łódź 23
Subcarpathian 16
Lower Silesian 11
Opole 10
Silesian 9
Lesser Poland 8
Greater Poland 7

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

38 people named Werle live in Switzerland.

They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Bern 9
Basel-Landschaft 7
Aargau 6
Lucerne 6
Vaud 4
Solothurn 3
Zurich 3

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 the Nordic population registers

31 people named Werle is counted in Sweden.

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

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 31

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).

Who carried it

People named Werle,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Nicholas I of Werle
    Nicholas I of Werle 1210–1277
  • John I of Werle
    John I of Werle 1245–1283
  • Sebastian Werle d. 1854 · musician
  • Georg Werle d. 1727 · artist
  • John III of Werle d. 1352
  • Henry II of Werle d. 1308

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Werle.

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