Zbinden
surname · Latin script
Meaning: from Swiss "an der Bünd"
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 13 countries · latest register: BFS, 2024
/ˈzbaɪndən/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Zbinden is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Switzerland than in any other country, where it is the 97th most common surname.
- CHSwitzerland1 in 1.6K(measured from records)
- USUnited States1 in 790K
- LRLiberia≈1 in 57K
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.
- Switzerland (measured from records)
- Record sources
- 141 (measured from records)
- 1 in 1.6K (inferred from the name graph)
5,133 people, 2024
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Switzerland
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)from Swiss "an der Bünd"
Cited for this meaning 1
- Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
Where in the world
(measured from records)Zbinden 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 | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CH Switzerland | #97 | 5,133 | 1 in 1.6K | 5.1K | Zbinden | 82 |
| TH Thailand | — | ≈530 est. | ≈1 in 131K | — | Zbinden | 1 |
| US United States | — | 421 | 1 in 790K | 432 | Zbinden | 141 |
| FR France | — | ≈280 est. | ≈1 in 243K | 32 | — | 3 |
| TN Tunisia | — | ≈170 est. | ≈1 in 70K | — | Zbinden | 1 |
| LR Liberia | #673 | ≈89 est. | ≈1 in 57K | — | Zbinden | 1 |
5,133 people counted by BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames), 2024. 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: BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). 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).
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Hans Zbindenb. 1893CHSwiss publisher (1893-1971)
- Fritz Zbindenb. 1896CHartist from Switzerland
- Hans Werner Zbindenb. 1899CH(1899-1977)
- Emil Zbindenb. 1908CHSwiss artist and draughtsperson (1908-1991)
- Julien-François Zbindenb. 1917CHSwiss composer and pianist (1917-2021)
- Ellis Zbindenb. 1921CHSwiss painter (1921-2019)
- Fritz Zbindenb. 1922CHcyclist (1922-1983)
- Paul Zbindenb. 1938CHSwiss politician
- Pascal Zbindenb. 1974CHSwiss association football player
- Leandro Zbindenb. 2002CHSwiss footballer
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)Evidence
(measured from records)21 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 13 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 5.1K | #105 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 432 | #51,968 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 423 | #47,210 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 421 | #49,824 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 43 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 40 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 39 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 38 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 37 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 36 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 32 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 30 | — |
Reference works 4
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
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 Zbinden mean, and where does it come from?
- from Swiss "an der Bünd" Recorded by Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung.
- How do you pronounce Zbinden?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈzbaɪndən/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Zbinden have the most bearers?
- In Switzerland, the national register counted about 5.1 thousand people named Zbinden, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled zbinden.
- Where is Zbinden most common?
- Zbinden is densest in Switzerland, where the national register counts about 1 in 1.6 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Zbinden?
- In Switzerland, the national register counted 5,133 people named Zbinden in 2024, about 1 in 1.6 thousand residents.
- How common is Zbinden compared with other names?
- In Switzerland, Zbinden is the 97th most common surname of 127,759 surnames recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/zbindenThe 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, “Zbinden” — the 97th most common surname in Switzerland. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.