Zweifel
surname · Latin script
Meaning: doubt
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈzwaɪfəɫ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Zweifel is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- CHSwitzerland
- USUnited States
- ARArgentina
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)
doubt
Sources 1
- A Frequency Dictionary of German
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Zweifel is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, from ahd. zwival, later Zwiefel/Twiefel
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)
- Eliezer Zvi Zweifelb. 1815BYHebrew and Yiddish Writer and thinker (1815-1888)
- Esajas Zweifelb. 1827CHSwiss politician (1827-1904)
- Jakob Zweifelb. 1921CHSwiss architect (1921-2010)
- Augusto Zweifelb. 1921ITItalian tennis player and association football player (1921-2021)
- Richard George Zweifelb. 1926USU.S. herpetologist (1925-2019)
- Paul Frederick Zweifelb. 1929USAmerican nuclear physicist
- David E. Zweifelb. 1934USUS ambassador
- Peter Zweifelb. 1946CHGerman economist
- Albert Zweifelb. 1949CHSwiss cyclo-cross racer
- Clint Zweifelb. 1973USAmerican politician in Missouri (born 1973)
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 13 sources across 7 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 1.8K | #556 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 1.3K | #20,617 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 1.3K | #19,587 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 1.3K | #21,086 |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 187 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 15 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 14 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 8 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 8 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1891 | 8 | — |
| GB United Kingdom | Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register) | 2002 | 7 | #182,958 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 7 | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- 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 Zweifel mean, and where does it come from?
- doubt Recorded by A Frequency Dictionary of German.
- How do you pronounce Zweifel?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈzwaɪfəɫ/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Zweifel have the most bearers?
- Zweifel is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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About this data
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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, “Zweifel”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.