The Zahner surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,228 people carried this name — #21,330 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 238,100 people counted. That is down 1% from 1,239 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
1,473 people named Zahner live in Switzerland.
They live in 22 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in St. Gallen.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 90 people named Zahner.
12 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 26 people named Zahner live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Misiones.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
37 people named Zahner is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Zahner,
with a public archive behind them.
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Fred Zahner 1870–1900 · baseball player -
Ondřej Zahner 1709–1752 · teacher
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Leonhard Zahner 1806–1874 · physician
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Rudolf Zahner 1825–1903 · painter
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Martin H. Zahner 1856–1943 · photographer
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Martin H. Zahner 1856–1943 · photographer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Zahner.
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