How common is the surname Zahner?

1,228 people in the United States had the surname Zahner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 251,421 Americans. It ranked 21,330th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Zahner getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,239 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,228 in 2010, down 0.9%.

The surname Zahner

A surname, carried by 1,228 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex Z560

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Zahner is more common than 86.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,228 people named Zahner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 251,421 Americans. That is down 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,239.

#21,330

rank among US surnames

1,228

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-0.9%

change since 2000 (was #20,028)

Who is named Zahner

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

95% of people named Zahner identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as two or more races and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Two or more races 2.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Zahner

Zehner

Zahner has the Soundex code Z560, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code Z560.

Questions

How common is the surname Zahner?: 1,228 people in the United States had the surname Zahner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 251,421 Americans. It ranked 21,330th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Zahner?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Zahner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as two or more races.
Is the surname Zahner getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,239 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,228 in 2010, down 0.9%.