# Mahler (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/mahler/  
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 | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 5,222 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,498 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 59,124 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.1% (5,167 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Maller |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Mahler 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) | 93% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Mahler in the Austrian Empire, Czechoslovakia, Austria, the United States and Hungary.

## People named Mahler

- Gustav Mahler, Austrian late-Romantic composer (1860–1911)
- Alma Mahler, Austrian composer, art collector, author, editor, and socialite (1879-1964)
- Anna Mahler, Austrian sculptor (1904-1988)
- Bruce Mahler, American actor, producer and writer
- Arthur Mahler, Austrian archeologist and sionist politician (1871-1944) murdered in Holocaust
- Eduard Mahler, Austro-Hungarian scientist

## Similar surnames

Mohler, Mallery, Moler, Myler, Mealer, Miler, Mehler, Miller, Mueller, Muller, Mallory, Moeller.

## 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.