How common is the surname Zielke?

2,048 people in the United States had the surname Zielke in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 150,755 Americans. It ranked 14,549th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Zielke?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Zielke identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Zielke getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,079 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,048 in 2010, down 1.5%.

The surname Zielke

A surname, carried by 2,048 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex Z420

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Zielke is more common than 91% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,048 people named Zielke in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 150,755 Americans. That is down 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,079.

#14,549

rank among US surnames

2,048

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

-1.5%

change since 2000 (was #13,429)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,545	Dolin	2,049	150,681
#14,549	Gammill	2,048	150,755
#14,558	McCardle	2,047	150,828

Who is named Zielke

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

95% of people named Zielke identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

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

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Zielke

Zuehlke

Zielke has the Soundex code Z420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code Z420.

Questions

How common is the surname Zielke?: 2,048 people in the United States had the surname Zielke in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 150,755 Americans. It ranked 14,549th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Zielke?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Zielke identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Zielke getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,079 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,048 in 2010, down 1.5%.