Ziesche

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Übername zu poln. czyż, niedersorb (Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus)

(measured from records)Officially recorded in 3 countries · latest register: dane.gov.pl, 2026

Pronunciation:Explore pronunciation →

Ziesche is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.

  • DEGermany≈1 in 64K(inferred from the name graph)
  • PLPoland1 in 2.6M
  • USUnited States≈1 in 6.7Mfew records

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Germany (inferred from the name graph)

≈1,300 people, est.

Record sources
85 (measured from records)

corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling

strongest: highest-authority source

≈1 in 64K (inferred from the name graph)

Germany, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Meaning & origin

(measured from records)
recorded in German

Übername zu poln. czyż, niedersorb. cyž, obersorb. čižik 'Zeisig' für einen munteren, fröhlichen Menschen; Dentale: Affrikaten/Frikative; 755 Bearer.

Cited for this meaning 1

  • Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus

Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.

Where the surname Ziesche is found

(measured from records)

Ziesche 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.

Where Ziesche is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DE Germany≈1,300 est.≈1 in 64KlistedZiesche85
US United States≈51 est.≈1 in 6.7MlistedZiesche51
AT Austria≈22 est.≈1 in 416K—Ziesche11
PL Poland151 in 2.6M8Ziesche1
ES Spain≈4 est.≈1 in 13M—Ziesche5

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: the dfa-band-2 register; the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register; dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames). 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).

Other names spelled this way

(inferred from the name graph)

Ziesche is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Polish surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Poland

    Also written Ziesché

  • Spanish surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil, Guatemala, United States, Colombia

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Ziesché

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Ziesché

21 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses

(measured from records)

Ziesche is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In German, Schreibvariante im anlautenden Tsch/Tzsch/Zsch/Z-Wechsel; 755 Träger.

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name

(measured from records)
1960197019801990Cooky Ziesche, b. 1960Karola Sube, b. 1964Julia Ziesche, b. 1985

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them

(machine-generated)
FormalSehr geehrte Damen und Herren,Dear Ziesche, (English)
InformalSehr geehrte Damen und Herren,Hello, (English)

Evidence

(measured from records)

8 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 3 countries.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Ziesche mean?
Recorded meaning: Übername zu poln. czyż, niedersorb.
Which countries have the most people with the surname Ziesche?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.3 thousand people named Ziesche in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ziesche. After it come United States, Austria, Poland and Spain; the country table on this page ranks them.
How common is the name Ziesche?
In Poland, the national register counted 15 people named Ziesche in 2026, about 1 in 2.6 million residents.

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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, “Ziesche”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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