Explore the Family Name Fischler

The meaning of Fischler

South German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Fischer. Some characteristic forenames: German Mathias, Arnd, Ernst, Erwin, Inge, Kurt, Reinhardt. Jewish Emanuel, Nurit.

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How common is the last name Fischler in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Fischler saw a slight decrease in popularity from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, Fischler was ranked 39,678th but experienced a rank drop of 2.35% to 40,610th by 2010. Despite this, there was an increase in the count of individuals with the Fischler surname, going up by 3.26% from 521 to 538 people. However, when comparing the proportion per 100,000 people, there was a decrease from 0.19 to 0.18, showing that this surname became less common overall during this decade.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#39,678	#40,610	-2.35%
Count	521	538	3.26%
Proportion per 100k	0.19	0.18	-5.26%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Fischler

When observing the ethnic identity of those with the surname Fischler, data from the Decennial U.S. Census indicates some changes between 2000 and 2010. The White population holding this surname decreased slightly from 95.39% to 92.38%. In contrast, the Hispanic representation among Fischlers increased significantly from 1.34% to 3.53%. Additionally, there was a marginal rise in people who identify with two or more races, from 1.73% to 2.23%. For the first time in 2010, people of Asian/Pacific Islander ethnicity were recorded with this surname. There were no identified Black, American Indian or Alaskan Native individuals with the Fischler surname reported in either census year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.39%	92.38%	-3.16%
Hispanic	1.34%	3.53%	163.43%
Two or More Races	1.73%	2.23%	28.9%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	1.12%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%