Jehle
surname · German · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Jehle is a surname, most frequently recorded in Germany. In Liechtenstein it is the 34th most common surname. It appears chiefly in German and English, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: topographic or status name related to Old High German ddal, uodal ‘inherited property’, ‘ancestral home’, or from a pet form {Udo, Udilo) of any of various Germanic personal names formed with this ele.
- CHSwitzerland1 in 19K◐
- DEGermany1 in 24K
- USUnited States1 in 590K
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- ≈1.1K ●
- Sources
- 148 ●
- 1 in 19K ◐
across 8 countries
11K records
Official registry-verified
Switzerland
Meaning & origin●
topographic or status name related to Old High German ddal, uodal ‘inherited property’, ‘ancestral home’, or from a pet form {Udo, Udilo) of any of various Germanic personal names formed with this element, as for example Uodelrich, Ulrich.
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | — | 4,703 | 4.2K rec. | — | — | Jehle | 105 |
| US United States | — | 564 | 4.9K rec. | 1 in 590K | 585 | Jehle | 148 |
| CH Switzerland | — | 440△ | 131 rec. | 1 in 19K | 440 | Jehle | 29 |
| LI Liechtenstein | #34 | 313 | 3 rec. | — | 131 | Jehle | 13 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | 266 | 256 rec. | — | — | Jehle | 16 |
| AT Austria | — | 238 | 118 rec. | — | — | Jehle | 30 |
| AU Australia | — | 125 | 118 rec. | — | — | Jehle | 23 |
| PK Pakistan | — | 119 | 126 rec. | — | — | Jehle | 1 |
| BR Brazil | — | 73 | — | 1 in 2.9M | 73 | — | — |
| CA Canada | — | 56 | 62 rec. | — | — | Jehle | 12 |
| RU Russia | — | 46 | 47 rec. | — | — | Jehle | 2 |
| IE Ireland | — | 29 | 31 rec. | — | — | Jehle | 3 |
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- German6.9K47%
- English5.4K37%
- French9286%
- Spanish3993%
- Portuguese2482%
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| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| German | 6,948 | 47% |
| English | 5,395 | 37% |
| French | 928 | 6% |
| Spanish | 399 | 3% |
| Portuguese | 248 | 2% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Other recorded senses●
Jehle is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Czech, dative/locative singular of jehla
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Over time●
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| Year | records |
|---|---|
| 1891 | 15 |
| 1901 | 30 |
| 1911 | 25 |
| 1921 | 27 |
| 1931 | 17 |
| 1941 | 45 |
| 1951 | 29 |
| 1961 | 24 |
| 1971 | 30 |
| 1981 | 15 |
| 1991 | 15 |
FR INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) — 11 years between 1891–1991. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.
Notable people with this name●
- Johann Baptist Jehleb. 1774CHSwiss jurist and politician (1774-1847)
- Ludwig Jehleb. 1871CZphysician, pediatrician, internist and university teacher (1871-1939)
- Joseph Jehleb. 1885CHsport shooter
- Herbert Jehleb. 1907DEGerman physicist
- Erwin Jehleb. 1923LILiechtenstein cross-country skier
- Anne Marie Jehleb. 1937ATAustrian painter
- Jörg-Martin Jehleb. 1949DEGerman jurist
- Geoffrey A. Jehleb. 1953USAmerican economist
- Clemens Jehleb. 1958CHSwiss judoka
- Peter Jehleb. 1982LILiechtensteiner footballer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence●
Attested in 17 sources across 9 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 585 | #36,189 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 564 | #39,052 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 546 | #42,735 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 440 | #2,964 |
| LI Liechtenstein | Statistik Liechtenstein — Familiennamenstatistik (surnames) | 2020 | 131 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 73 | #79,953 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 45 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 30 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 30 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 29 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 27 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1911 | 25 | — |
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 25 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Jehle?
- We estimate roughly 1.1 thousand people bear Jehle (counting its spellings and scripts) across 8 countries in our records.
- In which country does Jehle have the most bearers?
- Jehle is most frequently recorded in Germany, where it is most often spelled jehle.
- How common is Jehle compared with other names?
- In Liechtenstein, Jehle is the 34th most common surname of 657 surnames recorded there.
- What does the name Jehle mean?
- Recorded meaning: topographic or status name related to Old High German ddal, uodal ‘inherited property’, ‘ancestral home’, or from a pet form {Udo, Udilo) of any of various Germanic personal names formed with this ele…
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Jehle” — the 34th most common surname in Liechtenstein. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.