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    The surname Zehnder

    A surname, carried by 1,612 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex Z536

    Zehnder: #17,481 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Zehnder #17,481, 1,612 people Zehnder: #17,481 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Zehnder #17,481, 1,612 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Zehnder is more common than 89.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,612 people named Zehnder in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 191,529 Americans. That is up 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,590.

    #17,481
    rank among US surnames
    1,612
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.4%
    change since 2000 (was #16,609)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,472Wisneski1,613191,411
    #17,481Searls1,612191,529

    Who is named Zehnder

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

    96% of people named Zehnder identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    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 Zehnder

    Zehnder has the Soundex code Z536, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code Z536.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Zehnder?
    1,612 people in the United States had the surname Zehnder in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 191,529 Americans. It ranked 17,481st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Zehnder?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Zehnder identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Zehnder getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,590 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,612 in 2010, up 1.4%.