# Drexler (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/drexler/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,235 |
| US rank (2010) | 9,969 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 95,439 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.1% (3,232 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From the German surname, from Middle High German dræhseler, Drehseler (“turner, lather”), Old High German thrāhslāri, from a Proto-Germanic source related to *þwerhaz (“crossed, turned”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Drexler in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 92% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.9% |
| Two or more races | 1.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Drexler in the United States and Austria.

## People named Drexler

- Clyde Drexler, American basketball player (born 1962)
- Hilde Drexler, Austrian judoka
- Rosalyn Drexler, American artist (1926–2025)
- Millard Drexler, American business manager

## Similar surnames

Dressler, Dressel, Drexel, Driscoll, Driskell, Driskill.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.