How common is the surname Zeller?

10,595 people in the United States had the surname Zeller in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 29,141 Americans. It ranked 3,370th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Zeller?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Zeller identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Zeller?

Carl Zeller, Austrian lawyer and composer (1842-1898), followed by Tyler Zeller.

Where is the surname Zeller most common?

Wikidata records people named Zeller in the United States, the Austrian Empire and Georgia.

Is the surname Zeller getting more or less common?

More common. 10,006 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,595 in 2010, up 5.9%.

The surname Zeller

A German surname, carried by 10,595 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex Z460

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Zeller is more common than 97.9% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Zeller.

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 10,595 people named Zeller in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 29,141 Americans. That is up 5.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,006.

#3,370

rank among US surnames

10,595

people in 2010

3.6

per 100,000 Americans

+5.9%

change since 2000 (was #3,286)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,362	Crider	10,621	29,069
#3,363	Newkirk	10,620	29,072
#3,364	Malcolm	10,618	29,078
#3,365	Montenegro	10,606	29,110
#3,366	Gulley	10,605	29,113
#3,367	Maples	10,603	29,119
#3,368	Galarza	10,601	29,124

Who is named Zeller

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

95% of people named Zeller identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Zellers

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Carl Zeller
Austrian lawyer and composer (1842-1898)
Tyler Zeller
American basketball player (born 1990)
Cody Zeller
American basketball player (born 1992)
Sanford Myron Zeller
American mycologist (1885–1948)
Luke Zeller
American basketball player, born 1987

Notable Zellers come mostly from the United States (3), the Austrian Empire (1) and Georgia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Zellars
Zellers

Surnames that sound like Zeller

Zeller has the Soundex code Z460, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code Z460.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Zeller come from?: Borrowed from German Zeller.
How common is the surname Zeller?: 10,595 people in the United States had the surname Zeller in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 29,141 Americans. It ranked 3,370th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Zeller?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Zeller identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Zeller?: Carl Zeller, Austrian lawyer and composer (1842-1898), followed by Tyler Zeller.
Where is the surname Zeller most common?: Wikidata records people named Zeller in the United States, the Austrian Empire and Georgia.
Is the surname Zeller getting more or less common?: More common. 10,006 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,595 in 2010, up 5.9%.
What are other spellings of Zeller?: Zellars and Zellers.