Zeiß Surname
Approximately 1,262 people bear this surname
Zeiß Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1,215 | 1:66,260 | 8,475 |
| Austria | 47 | 1:181,179 | 23,261 |
The alternate forms: Zei (1,915), Zeï (20), Zeî (5) & Zeĭ (2) are calculated separately.
Zeiß Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zeiß Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Zeiß is held by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Zei, Zeï, Zeî or Zeĭ. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zeiß? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 301,076th most commonly held family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 5,774,601 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Zeiß are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 100 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
It is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is held by 1,215 people, or 1 in 66,260. In Germany Zeiß is mostly concentrated in: Hesse, where 36 percent reside, Bavaria, where 16 percent reside and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 13 percent reside. Other than Germany this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Austria, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zei | 95 | 1,915 | / |
| Zeiße | 89 | 38 | / |
| Ziß | 86 | 40 | / |
| Zeï | 86 | 20 | / |
| Zeî | 86 | 5 | / |
| Zeĭ | 86 | 2 | / |
| Zeß | 86 | 1 | / |
| Zeid | 75 | 20,091 | / |
| Zeis | 75 | 2,426 | / |
| Zeih | 75 | 687 | / |
| Seiß | 75 | 489 | / |
| Zeit | 75 | 354 | / |
| Zeyi | 75 | 214 | / |
| Zaiß | 75 | 196 | / |
| Zieß | 75 | 64 | / |
| Zeuß | 75 | 58 | / |
| Zeia | 75 | 57 | / |
| Zeji | 75 | 44 | / |
| Zeij | 75 | 34 | / |
| Zeiz | 75 | 22 | / |
| Zeip | 75 | 22 | / |
| Zeie | 75 | 20 | / |
| Zeyß | 75 | 14 | / |
| Zhei | 75 | 12 | / |
| Zeio | 75 | 2 | / |
| Zeić | 75 | 1 | / |
| Zeix | 75 | 1 | / |
| Zeeß | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ze | 67 | 35,989 | / |
| Zi | 67 | 13,993 | / |
| Zeiss | 67 | 2,172 | / |
| Zeise | 67 | 2,023 | / |
| Zeiad | 67 | 899 | / |
| Zeits | 67 | 275 | / |
| Zeich | 67 | 208 | / |
| Zeisz | 67 | 93 | / |
| Zeist | 67 | 74 | / |
| Zeyit | 67 | 45 | / |
| Zeihe | 67 | 34 | / |
| Dzhei | 67 | 32 | / |
| Tzeis | 67 | 31 | / |
| Zieße | 67 | 26 | / |
| Zeies | 67 | 17 | / |
| Zeeyi | 67 | 16 | / |
| Czeiz | 67 | 15 | / |
| Zeiud | 67 | 13 | / |
| Zegie | 67 | 10 | / |
| Zeius | 67 | 9 | / |
| Zeyid | 67 | 7 | / |
| Zeihs | 67 | 7 | / |
| Zeiph | 67 | 5 | / |
| Zeiha | 67 | 5 | / |
| Zeish | 67 | 3 | / |
| Zheji | 67 | 3 | / |
| Zeihi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Zeidh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Zeyie | 67 | 2 | / |
| Zeggi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Zzeyi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Zeeia | 67 | 2 | / |
| Zeiat | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zeiis | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zeiyo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zejio | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zeioe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rzeij | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zeied | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zheyi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zejie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rzeis | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zzeih | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zeipp | 67 | 0 | / |
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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
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- 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 Zeiß
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