How common is the surname Zapf?

1,005 people in the United States had the surname Zapf in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 307,209 Americans. It ranked 24,787th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Zapf getting more or less common?

More common. 982 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,005 in 2010, up 2.3%.

The surname Zapf

A German surname, carried by 1,005 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex Z100

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Zapf is more common than 84.7% of them.

Origin

German origin

From Middle High German zapfen, from Old High German zapfo, from Proto-West Germanic *tappō, from Proto-Germanic *tappô.

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 1,005 people named Zapf in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 307,209 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 982.

#24,787

rank among US surnames

1,005

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

+2.3%

change since 2000 (was #23,986)

Who is named Zapf

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

95% of people named Zapf identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as two or more races and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Two or more races 1.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Zapf

Zapf has the Soundex code Z100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code Z100.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Zapf come from?: From Middle High German zapfen, from Old High German zapfo, from Proto-West Germanic *tappō, from Proto-Germanic *tappô.
How common is the surname Zapf?: 1,005 people in the United States had the surname Zapf in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 307,209 Americans. It ranked 24,787th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Zapf?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Zapf identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as two or more races.
Is the surname Zapf getting more or less common?: More common. 982 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,005 in 2010, up 2.3%.