Zimdahl Surname
Approximately 540 people bear this surname
Zimdahl Surname User-submission:
Per Zimdahl was born September 5, 1836 in the small town of Simeå, Sweden. He was the son of Elias Jonsson and Kristina Olovsdotter, both born in town Undersvik in 1767. Per Zimdahl was the youngest son out of 7 children. He took the name Simdahl (meaning Sim valley) and later changed it to Zimdahl.
Read More About This SurnameZimdahl Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 216 | 1:372,710 | 35,308 |
| United States | 177 | 1:2,047,791 | 130,814 |
| South Africa | 77 | 1:703,607 | 50,359 |
| Sweden | 28 | 1:351,670 | 24,678 |
| Australia | 18 | 1:1,499,761 | 75,721 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| Denmark | 10 | 1:564,472 | 34,222 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Zimdahl Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Per Zimdahl was born September 5, 1836 in the small town of Simeå, Sweden. He was the son of Elias Jonsson and Kristina Olovsdotter, both born in town Undersvik in 1767. Per Zimdahl was the youngest son out of 7 children. He took the name Simdahl (meaning Sim valley) and later changed it to Zimdahl.
Per married Hulda Maria Ekblad and had 4 sons: Per Elis, 1867; Johan Ragnar, 1871; Karl Olov, 1879; and Ernst Harald, 1882.
Per Zimdahl lost his wife in a house fire in 1919, and died of natural causes in 1925. He was a school teacher, an editor and a politician. Anyone born with the name of Zimdahl, is a descendant of Per Zimdahl.
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Average Zimdahl Salary in
United States
$50,769 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Zimdahl Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zimdahl Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Zimdahl is found most in Germany. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zimdahl? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 581,222nd most frequent last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 13,495,455 people. The surname Zimdahl occurs predominantly in Europe, where 50 percent of Zimdahl are found; 40 percent are found in Western Europe and 40 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most frequently used in Germany, where it is borne by 216 people, or 1 in 372,710. In Germany Zimdahl is most numerous in: Hamburg, where 25 percent reside, Berlin, where 16 percent reside and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 14 percent reside. Barring Germany this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 33 percent reside and South Africa, where 14 percent reside.
Zimdahl Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Zimdahl has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 5,900 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Zimdahl Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Zimdahl last name are 27.14% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 73.91% registered with the party.
The amount Zimdahl earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 11.68% less than the national average, earning R 209,892 per year and in United States they earn 17.66% more than the national average, earning $50,769 USD per year.
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