About the Knöpfler Surname

Spellings drift, and Knöpfler is where Knopf drifted for some families. The family name meaning is “Button, knob”, the same as for Knopf. The ending -ler in Knöpfler marks an German derivative of the root behind Knopf. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard. You may also find the name written Knoepfle, Knopff and Knop.

The 2010 US Census counted 300 people named Knöpfler, ranking it number 65,964 among American surnames. That is enough to place it in the top 100,000 American surnames.

Arms linked to Knopf and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. Research your Knöpfler family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.