Zimbalist Surname

872,430th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 310 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Zimbalist Surname Definition:

(from an ancestor's occupation) The Germanic for one who plays the cymbals.

Zimbalist Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2301:1,575,908106,190
Israel641:133,71314,383
Argentina71:6,106,202178,634
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646

Zimbalist (30) may also be a first name.

Zimbalist Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(from an ancestor's occupation) The Germanic for one who plays the cymbals.

— Rabbi Benzion Kaganoff

Zimbalist Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Zimbalist Come From? nationality or country of origin

Zimbalist is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Zimbalist? popularity and diffusion

It is the 872,430th most common surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 23,508,213 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 77 percent of Zimbalist reside; 74 percent reside in North America and 74 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Zimbalist is also the 1,911,214th most frequently held first name internationally. It is borne by 30 people.

Zimbalist is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 230 people, or 1 in 1,575,908. In The United States Zimbalist is primarily found in: New York, where 30 percent live, California, where 22 percent live and New Jersey, where 12 percent live. Besides The United States this last name is found in 9 countries. It is also common in Israel, where 21 percent live and Argentina, where 2 percent live.

Zimbalist Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Zimbalist surname are 16.64% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 63.41% registered with the party.

Zimbalist earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 38.88% more than the national average, earning $59,927 USD per year.

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