Zauner

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Toponymic surname from a dwelling/landscape feature: from Zaun 'fence, hedge, enclosed land'; bearer count 895

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/tsawnɐ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

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

rarermore common
  • ATAustria≈1 in 3.2K(inferred from the name graph)
  • DEGermany≈1 in 37K
  • BEBelgium≈1 in 58K

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.

Austria (inferred from the name graph)

≈2,700 people, est.

Sources
117 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 3.2K (inferred from the name graph)

Austria, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Toponymic surname from a dwelling/landscape feature: from Zaun 'fence, hedge, enclosed land'; bearer count 895.

Sources 1

  • Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 4: Familiennamen nach Herkunft und Wohnstätte

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Zauner 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 Zauner is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
AT Austria#147≈2,700 est.≈1 in 3.2K—Zauner92
DE Germany—≈2,200 est.≈1 in 37KlistedZauner106
US United States—5531 in 602K595Zauner117
BE Belgium—≈200 est.≈1 in 58K—Zauner5
IT Italy—≈130 est.≈1 in 493K—Zauner11
FI Finland—301 in 186K30——
DK Denmark—291 in 202K29——

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-4 register; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts). 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)

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

  • English surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Australia, United Kingdom, Canada

    Also written Zäuner

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Zäuner

  • Croatian surname7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Croatia

    Also written Zäuner

29 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)

Zauner is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In German, from an agent deriv. of Ger. Zaun fence, hedge, enclosure (MHG, OHG zun, a cogn. of OE tun enclosure, settle¬ ment). The vocab. word denoted in particular the enclos¬ ure built surrounding a village as a defence against marauding animals and strangers. In some cases the sur¬ name may also be a topographic name for someone who lived by such a fence. Zealey see Sealey

    as a nameThe Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles

  • In German, Toponymischer Familienname; Wohnstätten-/Herkunftsnamen mit mhd., mnd. zūn, tūn 'Hecke, Gehege, Zaun, Umzäunung' ('am Zaun'); Bearer count 895.

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 4: Familiennamen nach Herkunft und Wohnstätte

  • In German, Austrian German surname

    as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

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)

18001850190019502000Johann Zauner, b. 1803Hans Zauner, b. 1885Johann Zauner, b. 1929Friedrich Zauner, b. 1936Martin Zauner, b. 1962Peter Zauner, b. 1983David Zauner, b. 1985Michelle Zauner, b. 1989Enrique Peña Zauner, b. 2000

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 Zauner, (English)
InformalSehr geehrte Damen und Herren,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 21 sources across 12 countries.

Official registers attesting Zauner
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020595#39,820
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000577#36,572
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010553#39,717
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—30#39,015
DK DenmarkDanmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts)—29#17,286
DE GermanyDeutscher Familiennamenatlas Band 4———
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 5

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

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

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Zauner mean, and where does it come from?
Toponymic surname from a dwelling/landscape feature: from Zaun 'fence, hedge, enclosed land'; bearer count 895. Recorded by Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 4: Familiennamen nach Herkunft und Wohnstätte.
How do you pronounce Zauner?
A machine transcription gives /tsawnɐ/ (IPA) for German.
In which country does Zauner have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 2.7 thousand people named Zauner in Austria, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled zauner.
How common is the name Zauner?
In the United States, the national register counted 553 people named Zauner in 2010, about 1 in 602 thousand residents.
How common is Zauner compared with other names?
In Austria, Zauner is the 147th most common surname of 127,275 surnames recorded there.

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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.

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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Zauner” — the 147th most common surname in Austria. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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