# Zinke (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/zinke/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,058 |
| US rank (2010) | 23,866 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 291,820 people |
| Change since 2000 | -3.1% (1,092 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from German Zinke.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Zinke in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 94% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Zinke in the United States.

## People named Zinke

- Ryan Zinke, 52nd United States Secretary of the Interior and U.S. Representative from Montana since 20

## Similar surnames

Zink, Zhang, Zuniga, Zheng, Zeng, Zhong, Zang, Zhuang, Zemke.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.