How common is the surname Mahler?

5,222 people in the United States had the surname Mahler in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 59,124 Americans. It ranked 6,498th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Mahler?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Mahler identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Mahler?

Gustav Mahler, Austrian late-Romantic composer (1860–1911), followed by Alma Mahler.

Where is the surname Mahler most common?

Wikidata records people named Mahler in the Austrian Empire, Czechoslovakia and Austria and 2 other countries.

Is the surname Mahler getting more or less common?

More common. 5,167 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,222 in 2010, up 1.1%.

The surname Mahler

A surname, carried by 5,222 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M460

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mahler is more common than 96% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,222 people named Mahler in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 59,124 Americans. That is up 1.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,167.

#6,498

rank among US surnames

5,222

people in 2010

1.8

per 100,000 Americans

+1.1%

change since 2000 (was #6,115)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,493	Telles	5,230	59,034
#6,494	Shattuck	5,228	59,056
#6,497	Rumsey	5,226	59,079
#6,498	Delk	5,222	59,124
#6,500	Lechuga	5,221	59,135

Who is named Mahler

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

93% of people named Mahler identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 1.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Mahlers

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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, born 1950
Arthur Mahler
Austrian archeologist and sionist politician (1871-1944) murdered in Holocaust
Eduard Mahler
Austro-Hungarian scientist, 1857–1945

Notable Mahlers come mostly from the Austrian Empire (1), Czechoslovakia (1) and Austria (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Maller

Surnames that sound like Mahler

Mahler has the Soundex code M460, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M460.

Questions

How common is the surname Mahler?: 5,222 people in the United States had the surname Mahler in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 59,124 Americans. It ranked 6,498th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mahler?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Mahler identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Mahler?: Gustav Mahler, Austrian late-Romantic composer (1860–1911), followed by Alma Mahler.
Where is the surname Mahler most common?: Wikidata records people named Mahler in the Austrian Empire, Czechoslovakia and Austria and 2 other countries.
Is the surname Mahler getting more or less common?: More common. 5,167 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,222 in 2010, up 1.1%.
What are other spellings of Mahler?: Maller.