How common is the surname Zahn?

6,086 people in the United States had the surname Zahn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 50,730 Americans. It ranked 5,695th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Zahn?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Zahn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Zahn?

Steve Zahn, American actor (born 1967), followed by Timothy Zahn.

Where is the surname Zahn most common?

Wikidata records people named Zahn in the United States.

Is the surname Zahn getting more or less common?

More common. 6,063 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,086 in 2010, up 0.4%.

The surname Zahn

A German surname, carried by 6,086 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex Z500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Zahn is more common than 96.5% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Zahn.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 6,086 people named Zahn in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 50,730 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 6,063.

#5,695

rank among US surnames

6,086

people in 2010

2.1

per 100,000 Americans

+0.4%

change since 2000 (was #5,282)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,691	DiStefano	6,091	50,689
#5,692	Barnum	6,090	50,697
#5,694	Evenson	6,088	50,714
#5,695	Avendano	6,086	50,730

Who is named Zahn

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

94% of people named Zahn identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Zahns

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Steve Zahn
American actor (born 1967)
Timothy Zahn
American fantasy and science fiction novelist, born 1951
Paula Zahn
American journalist and newscaster, born 1956

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Zahn

Zahn has the Soundex code Z500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code Z500.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Zahn come from?: Borrowed from German Zahn.
How common is the surname Zahn?: 6,086 people in the United States had the surname Zahn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 50,730 Americans. It ranked 5,695th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Zahn?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Zahn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Zahn?: Steve Zahn, American actor (born 1967), followed by Timothy Zahn.
Where is the surname Zahn most common?: Wikidata records people named Zahn in the United States.
Is the surname Zahn getting more or less common?: More common. 6,063 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,086 in 2010, up 0.4%.