How common is the surname Drexler?

3,235 people in the United States had the surname Drexler in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 95,439 Americans. It ranked 9,969th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Drexler?

Clyde Drexler, American basketball player (born 1962), followed by Hilde Drexler.

Where is the surname Drexler most common?

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

Is the surname Drexler getting more or less common?

More common. 3,232 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,235 in 2010, up 0.1%.

The surname Drexler

A German surname, carried by 3,235 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D624

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Drexler is more common than 93.9% of them.

Origin

German origin

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”).

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,235 people named Drexler in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 95,439 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 3,232.

#9,969

rank among US surnames

3,235

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+0.1%

change since 2000 (was #9,270)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,964	Throckmorton	3,238	95,351
#9,966	Furlow	3,237	95,380
#9,968	Warr	3,236	95,410
#9,969	Bolyard	3,235	95,439
#9,976	Leitch	3,234	95,469

Who is named Drexler

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

92% of people named Drexler identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Drexlers

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Clyde Drexler
American basketball player (born 1962)
Hilde Drexler
Austrian judoka, born 1983
Rosalyn Drexler
American artist (1926–2025)
Millard Drexler
American business manager, born 1944

Notable Drexlers come mostly from the United States (3) and Austria (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Drexler

Drexler has the Soundex code D624, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D624.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Drexler come from?: 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”).
How common is the surname Drexler?: 3,235 people in the United States had the surname Drexler in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 95,439 Americans. It ranked 9,969th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Drexler?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Drexler identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Drexler?: Clyde Drexler, American basketball player (born 1962), followed by Hilde Drexler.
Where is the surname Drexler most common?: Wikidata records people named Drexler in the United States and Austria.
Is the surname Drexler getting more or less common?: More common. 3,232 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,235 in 2010, up 0.1%.