How common is the surname Zoeller?

1,965 people in the United States had the surname Zoeller in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 157,122 Americans. It ranked 15,033rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Zoeller?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Zoeller identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Zoeller?

Fuzzy Zoeller, American professional golfer.

Where is the surname Zoeller most common?

Wikidata records people named Zoeller in the United States.

Is the surname Zoeller getting more or less common?

More common. 1,853 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,965 in 2010, up 6.0%.

The surname Zoeller

A German surname, carried by 1,965 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex Z460

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Zoeller is more common than 90.7% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Zöller.

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 1,965 people named Zoeller in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 157,122 Americans. That is up 6.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,853.

#15,033

rank among US surnames

1,965

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+6%

change since 2000 (was #14,706)

Who is named Zoeller

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

97% of people named Zoeller identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
Two or more races 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Zoellers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Fuzzy Zoeller
American professional golfer, 1951–2025

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Zoeller

Zoeller has the Soundex code Z460, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code Z460.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Zoeller come from?: Borrowed from German Zöller.
How common is the surname Zoeller?: 1,965 people in the United States had the surname Zoeller in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 157,122 Americans. It ranked 15,033rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Zoeller?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Zoeller identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Zoeller?: Fuzzy Zoeller, American professional golfer.
Where is the surname Zoeller most common?: Wikidata records people named Zoeller in the United States.
Is the surname Zoeller getting more or less common?: More common. 1,853 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,965 in 2010, up 6.0%.