Explore the Family Name Madler

The meaning of Madler

German: 1. (also Mädler): habitational name for someone from any of various small places in southern Germany and Austria with names such as Madl and Madlau. 2. (Mädler): from an ancient Germanic personal name composed of Old High German mahal ‘traditional meeting place of a court’ + hari ‘army’ (compare Mehling). Some characteristic forenames: German Achim, Hermann, Hildegard.

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

Based on the data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Madler has seen a slight decrease between 2000 and 2010. In the year 2000, Madler was ranked 73,412 in terms of commonality and this rank dropped to 82,044 by 2010, indicating an 11.76% change in ranking. The count of individuals bearing this surname also decreased from 246 in 2000 to 230 in 2010, marking a 6.5% reduction. Consequently, the proportion of Madlers per 100,000 people saw a decline of 11.11%, moving from 0.09 to 0.08 during the same period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#73,412	#82,044	-11.76%
Count	246	230	-6.5%
Proportion per 100k	0.09	0.08	-11.11%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Madler

When looking at the ethnic identity associated with the surname Madler according to the Decennial U.S. Census data, it is almost exclusively linked with White ethnicity. There were no recorded instances of this surname being connected with Asian/Pacific Islander, Hispanic, Black, American Indian and Alaskan Native or those who identify as two or more races during the years 2000 and 2010. As far as the white ethnicity is concerned, there was a very minor increase of 0.28% from 2000 to 2010, going from 97.56% to 97.83%.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.56%	97.83%	0.28%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Hispanic	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%