The Ziegler surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 25,351 people carried this name — #1,400 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 11,600 people counted. That is up 1% from 25,138 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Ziegler surname
From Middle High German ziegeler.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Ziegler» (German), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
3,568 people named Ziegler live in Switzerland.
They live in 24 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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 1,701 people named Ziegler.
111 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 78 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 918 people named Ziegler 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 Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
564 people named Ziegler have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 864 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 15 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Opole.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In the Nordic population registers
245 people named Ziegler are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
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) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Ziegler in American newspapers,
1895–1959.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 103,167 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Ziegler,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jacob Ziegler 1480–1549 · astronomer -
Caspar Ziegler 1621–1690 · writer -
Johann Gotthilf Ziegler 1688–1747 · composer -
Christiana Mariana von Ziegler 1695–1760 · writer -
Johann Heinrich Ziegler 1738–1818 · physician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 123 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Ziegler.
- Zhou 23,437 · U.S. census
- Zhu 21,265 · U.S. census
- Ziad 159 · U.S. census
- Zieba 781 · U.S. census
- Ziegelmeyer 138 · U.S. census
- Zieger 462 · U.S. census
- Zielinska 134 · U.S. census
- Zielinski 11,087 · U.S. census
- Zigler 2,019 · U.S. census
- Zill 439 · U.S. census
- Ziller 605 · U.S. census
- Zilli 210 · U.S. census
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