Offler Surname

1,943,350th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 92 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Australia

Offler Surname User-submission:

There are two possible meanings, the first being derived from someone who would have worked in a slaughterhouse, shoveling guts and offal from the floors. The other possible meaning might derive from 'King Offa' the Saxon, Mercian king of 8/9th century.

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Offler Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England551:1,013,05650,089
Australia301:899,85754,700
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England151:1,625,02553,310

The alternate forms: Öffler (100) are calculated separately.

Offler Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

There are two possible meanings, the first being derived from someone who would have worked in a slaughterhouse, shoveling guts and offal from the floors. The other possible meaning might derive from 'King Offa' the Saxon, Mercian king of 8/9th century. He built Offa's Dyke, to keep the Welsh from attaching Mercian/Saxon farms and villages.

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Offler Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Offler Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Offler is found most frequently in England. It can be rendered as a variant: Öffler. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Offler? popularity and diffusion

The surname Offler is the 1,943,350th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 79,212,456 people. The last name Offler occurs predominantly in Europe, where 62 percent of Offler live; 61 percent live in Northern Europe and 61 percent live in British Isles.

Offler is most commonly occurring in England, where it is carried by 55 people, or 1 in 1,013,056. In England it is most common in: Durham, where 22 percent live, Nottinghamshire, where 18 percent live and South Yorkshire, where 9 percent live. Aside from England it is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 33 percent live and Canada, where 4 percent live.

Offler Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Offler has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Offler surname expanded 367 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Öffler94100/
Hoffler92722/
Oeffler9297/
Goffler923/
Ofler9157/
Offle911/
Hoeffler86451/
Offiller860/
Effler831,566/
Hofler83896/
Offley83669/
Oflear83144/
Offleh83125/
Oefler8387/
Offlee8334/
Ouffle8319/
Offles832/
Affler831/
Hoffle831/
Goffle831/
Gofler831/
Ofle801,307/
Hoeffleur80137/
Hoffeller8060/
Hoffäller8027/
Hoffiller801/
Oflr801/
Hoefler772,301/
Heffler771,193/
Höffler77422/
Offless7776/
Haffler7744/
Gouffle7729/
Hopfler776/
Goffley772/
Offelle771/
Hoofler771/
Hoffley771/
Hosfler771/
Gaffler771/
Hofflie771/
Hofleer771/
Auffler770/
Houfler770/
Hofflet770/
Afflier770/
Hoffles770/
Hoffaeller751/
Hofflerová751/
Hoeffeller750/
Ofleh73962/
Efler73657/
Oofle73547/
Hofle73204/
Affle73106/
Oufle7317/
Ofles732/
Ofley731/
Oflet731/
Afler731/
Offla731/
Öfler731/
Oflee730/
Hoffleit71111/
Haeffler71104/
Hofeller7133/
Hoepfler715/
Hauffler713/
Hoefller713/
Hofflett711/
Hoffleid710/
Effiller710/
Höfler679,187/
Hefler671,070/
Hafler67432/
Apfler67186/
Hofley67121/
Goflee6767/
Affley6728/
Hoffleith6720/
Gafler6716/
Goufle6714/
Gaffle676/
Oufley674/
Owfley672/
Afleur672/
Gofley672/
Oflesh672/
Affleh672/
Äpfler672/
Aflear672/
Hoflerova672/
Haffle671/
Gofleh671/
Goofle671/
Afflet671/
Houfle671/
Hoflerová671/
Ofelle671/
Efller671/
Ofille671/
Ouffla671/
Oofleh671/
O'Flea670/
Hoflet670/
Hoefeller670/
Hoofle670/
Hoffleich670/
Hofles670/
Hofellert670/

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