Zähner Surname
Approximately 324 people bear this surname
Zähner Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 321 | 1:25,585 | 3,995 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
The alternate forms: Zahner (5,453) & Zahnér (23) are calculated separately.
Zähner Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zähner Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Zähner is found most frequently in Switzerland. It may appear in the variant forms: Zahner or Zahnér. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Zähner? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 846,108th most frequent last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 22,492,426 people. Zähner occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Zähner are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 97 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most frequent in Switzerland, where it is borne by 321 people, or 1 in 25,585. In Switzerland Zähner is most frequent in: Canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden, where 32 percent live, Canton of Zürich, where 17 percent live and Canton of Graubünden, where 14 percent live. Besides Switzerland it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 1 percent live and Germany, where 0 percent live.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Zähner
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