German: occupational name for a charcoal burner, from Middle High
German kol ‘(char)coal’ + the agent suffix -er. The form
Kohler is South German; elsewhere it is usually written
Köhler.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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