How common is the surname Zinn?

5,774 people in the United States had the surname Zinn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 53,472 Americans. It ranked 5,961st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Zinn?

Howard Zinn, American historian, playwright, and socialist thinker (1922–2010), followed by Johann Gottfried Zinn.

Where is the surname Zinn most common?

Wikidata records people named Zinn in the United States and Germany.

Is the surname Zinn getting more or less common?

More common. 5,740 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,774 in 2010, up 0.6%.

The surname Zinn

A German surname, carried by 5,774 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex Z500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Zinn is more common than 96.3% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Zinn.

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 5,774 people named Zinn in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 53,472 Americans. That is up 0.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,740.

#5,961

rank among US surnames

5,774

people in 2010

2.0

per 100,000 Americans

+0.6%

change since 2000 (was #5,555)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,956	Moats	5,778	53,435
#5,957	Petro	5,777	53,444
#5,958	Hagler	5,775	53,462
#5,961	Zinn	5,774	53,472
#5,963	Esqueda	5,773	53,481

Who is named Zinn

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

91% of people named Zinn identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Zinns

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Howard Zinn
American historian, playwright, and socialist thinker (1922–2010)
Johann Gottfried Zinn
Botanist and physician (1727-1759)

Notable Zinns come mostly from the United States (1) and Germany (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Zinn

Zion

Zinn has the Soundex code Z500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code Z500.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Zinn come from?: Borrowed from German Zinn.
How common is the surname Zinn?: 5,774 people in the United States had the surname Zinn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 53,472 Americans. It ranked 5,961st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Zinn?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Zinn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Zinn?: Howard Zinn, American historian, playwright, and socialist thinker (1922–2010), followed by Johann Gottfried Zinn.
Where is the surname Zinn most common?: Wikidata records people named Zinn in the United States and Germany.
Is the surname Zinn getting more or less common?: More common. 5,740 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,774 in 2010, up 0.6%.