The surname Zion
A surname, carried by 1,318 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex Z500
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,318 people named Zion in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 234,253 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,288.
#20,216
rank among US surnames
1,318
people in 2010
0.5
per 100,000 Americans
+2.3%
change since 2000 (was #19,428)
Who is named Zion
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
90% of people named Zion identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 90%
- Black (not Hispanic) 4.4%
- Two or more races 2.2%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Zion has the Soundex code Z500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code Z500.
Questions
- How common is the surname Zion?
- 1,318 people in the United States had the surname Zion in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 234,253 Americans. It ranked 20,216th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Zion?
- In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Zion identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Zion getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,288 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,318 in 2010, up 2.3%.