Zilger Surname
Approximately 178 people bear this surname
Zilger Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 168 | 1:479,199 | 41,567 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Zilger Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zilger Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Zilger (Russian: Зильгер) is found most in Germany. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Zilger? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,281,391st most frequently used family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 40,941,269 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 96 percent of Zilger reside; 94 percent reside in Western Europe and 94 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is carried by 168 people, or 1 in 479,199. In Germany Zilger is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 40 percent reside, Saxony, where 24 percent reside and Berlin, where 15 percent reside. Barring Germany this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 3 percent reside and Russia, where 1 percent reside.
Zilger Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Zilger has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Zilger last name grew 125 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zilger Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zilger in the Russian language | ||
| Зильгер | zilger | - |
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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 Zilger
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