Zöller

surname · Latin script

Zöller is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Berufsname zu mhd. zoller/zolner, mnd.

rarermore common
  • DEGermany≈1 in 15K(inferred from the name graph)
  • CACanada≈1 in 98K
  • USUnited States1 in 125K

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 Zöller 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.

Germany (inferred from the name graph)

≈5,200 people, est.

Sources
284 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 10K (inferred from the name graph)

Switzerland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Zoller in US United States, CA Canada, CH Switzerland and 2 more and Zoeller in NZ New Zealand.

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)

recorded in German

Berufsname zu mhd. zoller/zolner, mnd. tolner 'Zöllner, Zolleinnehmer'; Karte zeigt o/ö-Variation. 2 Typen/2895 Tokens.

Sources 1

  • Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus

Attested across 17 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Zöller 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 Zöller is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DE Germany#692≈5,200 est.≈1 in 15K—Zöller116
US United States—2,6671 in 125K2.7KZoller284
CH Switzerland#8788311 in 10K831Zoller54
IT Italy—≈450 est.≈1 in 140K—Zoller7
AT Austria—≈440 est.≈1 in 20K—Zoller48
CA Canada—≈380 est.≈1 in 98K—Zoller47
NZ New Zealand—≈61 est.≈1 in 81K—Zoeller2

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; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). 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)

Zöller is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Zoller

  • Spanish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Zoller

  • Danish surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Denmark, Sweden

    Languages: Danish, Norwegian, Swedish

    Also written Zoller

  • Russian surname7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, United States

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

    Also written Цоллер, Золлер, Zoller

  • Estonian surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Switzerland

    Languages: Estonian, Finnish

    Also written Zoller

15 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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1850190019502000Hugo Zöller, b. 1852Karlheinz Zöller, b. 1928Wolfgang Zöller, b. 1942Michael Zöller, b. 1946Jürgen Zöller, b. 1947Günter Zöller, b. 1948Joachim Zöller, b. 1953Ludwig Zöller, b. 1953Stephan Zöller, b. 1966Constantin Zöller, b. 1987

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).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 8 sources across 5 countries.

Official registers attesting Zöller
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)202436#23,866

Reference works 2

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • 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 Zöller mean?
Recorded meaning: Berufsname zu mhd. zoller/zolner, mnd.
In which country does Zöller have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 5.2 thousand people named Zöller in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled zöller.
Where is Zöller most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Zöller is densest in Switzerland — about 1 in 10 thousand people — even though Germany holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Zöller?
In the United States, the national register counted 2,667 people named Zöller in 2010, about 1 in 125 thousand residents.
How common is Zöller compared with other names?
In Germany, Zöller is the 692nd most common surname of 765,306 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, “Zöller” — the 692nd most common surname in Germany. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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