Find out how popular the last name Dessler is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Dessler.

Dessler, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Dessler surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Dessler in America

Dessler is the 135593rd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Dessler surname appeared 124 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Dessler.

We can also compare 2010 data for Dessler to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Dessler

The surname Dessler is of German origin and dates back to the 16th century. It is believed to have derived from the Old German word "desseln," which meant "to irrigate" or "to water." This suggests that the name may have been originally given to someone who lived near a stream or worked with irrigation systems.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Dessler can be found in the historic town records of Wittenberg, Germany, where a certain Johann Dessler was listed as a citizen in 1583. Another early mention is from the parish records of Saxony, where a Katherina Dessler was born in 1612.

In the 17th century, the name Dessler appeared in various regions of Germany, including Swabia, Bavaria, and the Rhineland. Some notable individuals bearing this surname during this period were Hans Dessler (1624-1689), a renowned clockmaker from Nuremberg, and Anna Dessler (1648-1718), a respected Pietist writer and theologian.

As the centuries passed, the Dessler name spread across Europe and eventually to other parts of the world. In the 18th century, a Dessler family settled in the town of Lauterbach, Hesse, where they established a successful pottery business. One of their descendants, Wilhelm Dessler (1798-1876), became a respected ceramicist and innovator in the field of porcelain manufacturing.

Another noteworthy figure was Carl Dessler (1854-1921), a German-American architect who designed several notable buildings in New York City, including the former Grand Central Station. His contemporary, Otto Dessler (1859-1935), was a German physicist and astronomer who made significant contributions to the study of comets and meteor showers.

In the 20th century, the name Dessler continued to be represented in various fields. Alfred Dessler (1913-1994) was an American physicist and pioneer in the field of space plasma physics, while Gerhard Dessler (1923-2015) was a renowned German-American climatologist and environmental scientist.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Dessler

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Dessler.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Dessler was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Dessler has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Dessler was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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