Hirzel
surname · Latin script
Meaning: a small town in Zurich canton, Switzerland
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Hirzel is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- USUnited States
- CHSwitzerland
- DEGermany
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
a small town in Zurich canton, Switzerland
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
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Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Hans Caspar Hirzelb. 1725CHSwiss writer
- Bernhard Hirzelb. 1807CHSwiss academic (1807-1847)
- Christoph Heinrich Hirzelb. 1828DEGerman chemist, pharmacologist and entrepreneur (1828-1908)
- Ludwig Hirzelb. 1838CHSwiss literary historian (1838-1897)
- Rudolf Hirzelb. 1846DEGerman classical scholar (1846-1917)
- Hermann Hirzelb. 1864CHSwiss artist and jewelry designer (1864-1939)
- Anna Hirzel-Langenhanb. 1874CHSwiss pianist and music educator (1874-1951)
- Susanne Hirzelb. 1921DEGerman anti-Nazi (1921-2012)
- Hans Hirzelb. 1924DEGerman journalist (1924–2006)
- Andreas Hirzelb. 1993CHSwiss association football player
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).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 16 sources across 10 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 595 | #2,143 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 493 | #46,548 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 473 | #45,253 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 466 | #43,629 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 16 | — |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 12 | #109,635 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 12 | — |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 10 | #56,681 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 9 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 9 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 8 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 7 | — |
Reference works 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
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Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Hirzel mean, and where does it come from?
- a small town in Zurich canton, Switzerland Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- In which country does Hirzel have the most bearers?
- Hirzel is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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About this data
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Hirzel”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.