Z'Engin
surname · Latin script
Z'Engin is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Netherlands than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From Ottoman Turkish زنگین (zengin), from Persian سنگین (sangin). The word replaced native bay, now largely limited to dialectal use.
- CHSwitzerland1 in 48K(measured from records)
- NLNetherlands1 in 66K
- BEBelgium1 in 72K
carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Netherlands (measured from records)
- Sources
- 5 (measured from records)
- 1 in 48K (inferred from the name graph)
261 people, 2007
Reference-verified
Switzerland
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
- Ottoman Turkishزنگینzengin(measured from records)
- Persianسنگینsangin(measured from records)
From Ottoman Turkish زنگین (zengin), from Persian سنگین (sangin). The word replaced native bay, now largely limited to dialectal use. It is now commonly used for referring to a noble person, gentleman.
Sources 2
- TDK Kişi Adları Sözlüğü (official Turkish given-name dictionary)
- Wiktionary
Where in the world(measured from records)
Z'Engin counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | 261 | 1 in 66K | 261 | — |
| CH Switzerland | 175 | 1 in 48K | 175 | — |
| BE Belgium | 162 | 1 in 72K | 280 | — |
| SE Sweden | 107 | 1 in 95K | 107 | — |
| FI Finland | 31 | 1 in 180K | 31 | — |
| UY Uruguay | 21 | 1 in 161K | 21 | — |
261 people counted by CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007), 2007. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); Statbel — Noms de famille (family names); CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Z'Engin mean, and where does it come from?
- From Ottoman Turkish زنگین (zengin), from Persian سنگین (sangin). The word replaced native bay, now largely limited to dialectal use. Recorded by TDK Kişi Adları Sözlüğü (official Turkish given-name dictionary) and Wiktionary.
- In which country does Z'Engin have the most bearers?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted about 261 people named Z'Engin, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where is Z'Engin most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Z'Engin is densest in Switzerland — about 1 in 48 thousand people — even though Netherlands holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Z'Engin?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted 261 people named Z'Engin in 2007, about 1 in 66 thousand residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/z'enginThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Z'Engin”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.