How common is the surname Zinke?

1,058 people in the United States had the surname Zinke in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 291,820 Americans. It ranked 23,866th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Zinke?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Zinke identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Zinke?

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

Where is the surname Zinke most common?

Wikidata records people named Zinke in the United States.

Is the surname Zinke getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,092 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,058 in 2010, down 3.1%.

The surname Zinke

A German surname, carried by 1,058 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex Z520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Zinke is more common than 85.3% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Zinke.

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 1,058 people named Zinke in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 291,820 Americans. That is down 3.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,092.

#23,866

rank among US surnames

1,058

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-3.1%

change since 2000 (was #22,098)

Who is named Zinke

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

94% of people named Zinke identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as two or more races.

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

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Zinkes

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ryan Zinke
52nd United States Secretary of the Interior and U.S. Representative from Montana since 20, born 1961

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Zinke

Zink

Zinke has the Soundex code Z520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code Z520.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Zinke come from?: Borrowed from German Zinke.
How common is the surname Zinke?: 1,058 people in the United States had the surname Zinke in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 291,820 Americans. It ranked 23,866th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Zinke?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Zinke identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Zinke?: Ryan Zinke, 52nd United States Secretary of the Interior and U.S. Representative from Montana since 20.
Where is the surname Zinke most common?: Wikidata records people named Zinke in the United States.
Is the surname Zinke getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,092 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,058 in 2010, down 3.1%.