Zieba

surname · Latin script

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

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

Zieba is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. In Poland it is the 95th most common surname. Recorded meaning: From Polish Zięba.

rarermore common
  • PLPoland1 in 1.6K(measured from records)
  • USUnited States1 in 426K
  • NONorway1 in 31K

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.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈32,000 people, est.

Sources
109 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 1.6K (inferred from the name graph)

Poland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Zięba in PL Poland, FR France.

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 Polish Zięba.

Sources 1

Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Zieba 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 Zieba is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China—≈32,000 est.≈1 in 44K—Zieba2
PL Poland#9523,3951 in 1.6K12KZięba96
US United States—7811 in 426K781Zieba109
FR France—≈380 est.≈1 in 177K46Zięba2
GB United Kingdom—≈230 est.≈1 in 287K78Zieba48
NO Norway—1761 in 31K176Zieba8
FI Finland—571 in 98K57——
DK Denmark—441 in 133K44——

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: dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); 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)

Zieba is also recorded as 8 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname7 spellings in the group

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

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Zięba

  • French surname7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Belgium, Switzerland

    Also written Zięba, Ziéba, Ziebà, Ziébà

  • Spanish surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Argentina, Guatemala, Mexico

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Zięba

  • Danish surname8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Denmark, United States, Norway

    Languages: Danish, Norwegian, Swedish

    Also written Zięba

  • Swahili surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Canada, United Kingdom

    Also written Zięba

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Zięba, Ziȩba

  • a separate name4 spellings in the group

    Also written Zięba, Ziéba

  • Italian surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Italy, United States, United Kingdom

    Also written Zięba

26 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.

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalSzanowni Państwo,Dear Zieba, (English)
InformalSzanowni Państwo,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 24 sources across 14 countries.

Official registers attesting Zieba
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010781#30,043
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020728#33,651
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000663#32,652
NO NorwaySSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population)—176#8,931
GB United KingdomSurnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register)200278#38,693
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)198161—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)193161—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)196158—
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—57#20,463
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)195156—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)199146—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)194145—

Reference works 4

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 Zieba mean, and where does it come from?
From Polish Zięba. Recorded by Wiktionary.
How do you pronounce Zieba?
A machine transcription gives /ʑɛba/ (IPA) for Polish.
In which country does Zieba have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 32 thousand people named Zieba in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled zieba.
Where is Zieba most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Zieba is densest in Poland — about 1 in 1.6 thousand people — even though China holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Zieba?
In Poland, the national register counted 23,395 people named Zieba in 2026, about 1 in 1.6 thousand residents.
How common is Zieba compared with other names?
In Poland, Zieba is the 95th most common surname of 240,840 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.

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, “Zieba” — the 95th most common surname in Poland. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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