Zeigler
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈzaɪɡəɫɝ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Zeigler is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From German Ziegler, a common surname meaning "bricklayer".
- USUnited States1 in 13Kas Ziegler(measured from records)
- GHGhana≈1 in 6K
- PKPakistan≈1 in 8.7K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Zeigler itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 389 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 6.0K (inferred from the name graph)
≈70,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Ghana, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Ziegler in CH Switzerland.
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)
From German Ziegler, a common surname meaning "bricklayer".
Sources 1
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Zeigler 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈70,000 est. | ≈1 in 20K | — | Zeigler | 4 |
| PK Pakistan | — | ≈27,000 est. | ≈1 in 8.7K | — | Zeigler | 1 |
| US United States | — | 25,351as Ziegler | 1 in 13K | 25K | Zeigler | 389 |
| GH Ghana | #455 | ≈4,900 est. | ≈1 in 6K | — | Zeigler | 7 |
| CH Switzerland | — | 3,566as Ziegler | 1 in 2.4K | 3.6K | Ziegler | 5 |
| DK Denmark | — | 474as Ziegler | 1 in 12K | 474 | Zeigler | 1 |
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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Earle F. Zeiglerb. 1919USAmerican university teacher (1919-2018)
- Ted Zeiglerb. 1926USactor (1926-1999)
- Luther Harmon Zeiglerb. 1936USAmerican political scientist
- Lewis Zeiglerb. 1944Liberian priest and Archbishop of Monrovia (1944–2022)
- Arnd Zeiglerb. 1965DEGerman television presenter, journalist and radio host
- Ernie Zeiglerb. 1966USAmerican basketball coach
- Cyd Zeiglerb. 1973USAmerican sportswriter and commentator
- Dusty Zeiglerb. 1973USISS monitor at Effingham County High School
- Dominique Zeiglerb. 1984USAmerican football player (born 1984)
- Jeffrey Zeiglerb. 2000USAmerican cellist
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)
Attested in 10 sources across 6 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 13K | #2,742 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 13K | #2,761 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 13K | #2,631 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
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 Zeigler mean, and where does it come from?
- From German Ziegler, a common surname meaning "bricklayer". Recorded by Wiktionary.
- How do you pronounce Zeigler?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈzaɪɡəɫɝ/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Zeigler have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 70 thousand people named Zeigler in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled zeigler.
- How common is the name Zeigler?
- In the United States, the national register counted 25,351 people named Ziegler in 2010, about 1 in 13 thousand residents.
- How common is Zeigler compared with other names?
- In Ghana, Zeigler is the 455th most common surname of 36,883 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Zeigler?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/zeiglerThe 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, “Zeigler” — the 455th most common surname in Ghana. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.