Koeller: Surname History and Family Crest

Genealogists group Koeller with Koehler. In origin, the name means “The charcoal-burner or coal worker”.

A variant of Koehler

Spelled with “l” instead of “h”, Koeller shows how the same name was heard and written differently. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard.

How common is Koeller?

The 2010 census count for Koeller in the United States was 2,539, good for rank 12,250. That puts it among the top 25,000 US surnames. French birth records list 245 children named Koeller between 1891 and 2000.

Family crest and blazon

Arms linked to Koehler and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

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