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    The surname Zehner

    A surname, carried by 2,350 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex Z560

    Zehner: #13,065 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Zehner #13,065, 2,350 people Zehner: #13,065 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Zehner #13,065, 2,350 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Zehner is more common than 91.9% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,350 people named Zehner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 131,381 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 2,339.

    #13,065
    rank among US surnames
    2,350
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.5%
    change since 2000 (was #12,213)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,057Vowell2,351131,325
    #13,065Crownover2,350131,381
    #13,073Nutting2,349131,437

    Who is named Zehner

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

    94% of people named Zehner identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.6% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Zehner

    Zehner 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 Zehner?
    2,350 people in the United States had the surname Zehner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 131,381 Americans. It ranked 13,065th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Zehner?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Zehner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Zehner getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,339 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,350 in 2010, up 0.5%.