In Croatia, Godler families are Croats (from Zagreb ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Slavonski Brod.
Prevalence
About 40 people with faimily name Godler live in Croatia today, in 18 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in four Croatian counties, four cities and threee other places, mostly in Zagreb (25), Donji Dragonozec (<10), Slavonski Brod (<10), Jelsa on the Island of Hvar (<5), and in Ivanec Bistranski (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Godler is present in 15 countries worldwide. "Goodler " is used by few people in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.