Zenger Surname
Approximately 5,544 people bear this surname
Zenger Surname User-submission:
Zenger is a descriptive surname, meaning 'cheeky', 'bold', 'vivacious', and it derives from the Middle High German words zenger and zanger.
Zenger Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1,708 | 1:47,134 | 6,176 |
| Turkey | 1,267 | 1:61,422 | 5,866 |
| United States | 956 | 1:379,141 | 33,508 |
| Switzerland | 874 | 1:9,397 | 1,530 |
| Russia | 273 | 1:527,923 | 48,073 |
| Poland | 81 | 1:469,244 | 47,315 |
| Brazil | 53 | 1:4,039,138 | 109,837 |
| Kazakhstan | 50 | 1:353,650 | 28,520 |
| Argentina | 46 | 1:929,205 | 59,251 |
| Canada | 46 | 1:800,991 | 62,809 |
| Austria | 45 | 1:189,232 | 24,045 |
| Thailand | 39 | 1:1,811,240 | 225,763 |
| France | 18 | 1:3,690,151 | 224,666 |
| Czechia | 17 | 1:625,498 | 60,070 |
| Finland | 14 | 1:392,622 | 26,475 |
| Hungary | 9 | 1:1,090,697 | 49,203 |
| China | 9 | 1:151,924,618 | 7,954 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 2 | 1:2,986,327 | 84,533 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 1:38,378 | 1,726 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 22 | 1:2,282,667 | 111,005 |
Zenger (24) may also be a first name.
Zenger Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Zenger is a descriptive surname, meaning 'cheeky', 'bold', 'vivacious', and it derives from the Middle High German words zenger and zanger.
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Zenger Religious Adherence
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Religious Adherence
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Zenger Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zenger Come From? nationality or country of origin
Zenger (Russian: Зенгер) has its highest incidence in Germany. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Zenger? popularity and diffusion
The last name Zenger is the 86,840th most numerous family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 1,314,492 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 53 percent of Zenger reside; 47 percent reside in Western Europe and 45 percent reside in Germanic Europe. It is also the 2,187,323rd most frequently occurring first name world-wide, borne by 24 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Germany, where it is held by 1,708 people, or 1 in 47,134. In Germany Zenger is most frequent in: Bavaria, where 85 percent are found, Baden-Württemberg, where 8 percent are found and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 2 percent are found. Outside of Germany this surname occurs in 35 countries. It is also common in Turkey, where 23 percent are found and The United States, where 17 percent are found.
Zenger Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Zenger has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Zenger surname grew 4,345 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Zenger Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is predominantly Orthodox (100%) in Russia.
In The United States Zenger are 13.82% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 60.59% registered with the political party.
The amount Zenger earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 13.32% more than the national average, earning R 269,292 per year; in United States they earn 7.33% more than the national average, earning $46,311 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.94% more than the national average, earning $53,131 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zenger Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zenger in the Russian language | ||
| Зенгер | zenger | - |
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Zenger Reference & Research
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Footnotes
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