How common is the surname Zeigler?

13,135 people in the United States had the surname Zeigler in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 23,506 Americans. It ranked 2,742nd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Zeigler getting more or less common?

More common. 12,626 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,135 in 2010, up 4.0%.

The surname Zeigler

A surname, carried by 13,135 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex Z246

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Zeigler is more common than 98.3% of them.

Origin

From German Ziegler, a common surname meaning "bricklayer".

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 13,135 people named Zeigler in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 23,506 Americans. That is up 4.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,626.

#2,742

rank among US surnames

13,135

people in 2010

4.5

per 100,000 Americans

+4%

change since 2000 (was #2,631)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,733	Segovia	13,182	23,422
#2,734	Burleson	13,176	23,432
#2,735	Chiu	13,174	23,436
#2,736	Witherspoon	13,171	23,441
#2,737	Barfield	13,165	23,452
#2,738	Fabian	13,161	23,459
#2,739	Bouchard	13,154	23,472

Who is named Zeigler

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

74% of people named Zeigler identified as white (not Hispanic), 22% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 74%
Black (not Hispanic) 22%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Zeigler

Zeigler has the Soundex code Z246, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code Z246.

Questions

Where does the surname Zeigler come from?: From German Ziegler, a common surname meaning "bricklayer".
How common is the surname Zeigler?: 13,135 people in the United States had the surname Zeigler in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 23,506 Americans. It ranked 2,742nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Zeigler?: In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Zeigler identified as white (not Hispanic), and 22% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Zeigler getting more or less common?: More common. 12,626 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,135 in 2010, up 4.0%.