How common is the surname Ziegler?

25,351 people in the United States had the surname Ziegler in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 12,179 Americans. It ranked 1,400th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Ziegler?

Maddie Ziegler, American dancer and actress, followed by Mackenzie Ziegler.

Where is the surname Ziegler most common?

Wikidata records people named Ziegler in the United States, the United Kingdom and Austria and 1 other country.

How do you pronounce Ziegler?

Ziegler is /ˈziɡlɚ/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Ziegler getting more or less common?

More common. 25,138 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 25,351 in 2010, up 0.8%.

The surname Ziegler

A German surname, carried by 25,351 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈziɡlɚ/ 2 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). Ziegler is more common than 99.1% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Ziegler.

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 25,351 people named Ziegler in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 12,179 Americans. That is up 0.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 25,138.

#1,400

rank among US surnames

25,351

people in 2010

8.6

per 100,000 Americans

+0.8%

change since 2000 (was #1,289)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,391	Meier	25,486	12,114
#1,392	Robison	25,450	12,131
#1,393	Swartz	25,444	12,134
#1,394	Seymour	25,436	12,138
#1,395	Gleason	25,416	12,148
#1,396	Vela	25,414	12,149
#1,397	Padgett	25,413	12,149

Who is named Ziegler

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

92% of people named Ziegler identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Zieglers

9 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Maddie Ziegler
American dancer and actress, born 2002
Mackenzie Ziegler
American singer, dancer, actress and model, born 2004
Matilda Ziegler
British actress, born 1964
Kate Ziegler
American swimmer, Olympic athlete, world champion, former world record holder, born 1988
Miriam Ziegler
Austrian pair skater, born 1994
Pablo Ziegler
Argentine pianist and composer, born 1944
William Ziegler
American businessman (1843-1905)
William H. Ziegler
American film editor (1909-1977)
John Ziegler
American ice hockey executive (1934–2018)

Notable Zieglers come mostly from the United States (6), the United Kingdom (1) and Austria (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Ziegler

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

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Ziegler come from?: Borrowed from German Ziegler.
How common is the surname Ziegler?: 25,351 people in the United States had the surname Ziegler in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 12,179 Americans. It ranked 1,400th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ziegler?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Ziegler identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Ziegler?: Maddie Ziegler, American dancer and actress, followed by Mackenzie Ziegler.
Where is the surname Ziegler most common?: Wikidata records people named Ziegler in the United States, the United Kingdom and Austria and 1 other country.
How do you pronounce Ziegler?: Ziegler is /ˈziɡlɚ/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Ziegler getting more or less common?: More common. 25,138 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 25,351 in 2010, up 0.8%.