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The Zingg surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 503 people carried this name — #43,006 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 588,200 people counted. That is down 4% from 522 in 2000.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

2,737 people named Zingg live in Switzerland.

They live in 24 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Bern 844
Zurich 468
Thurgau 236
St. Gallen 210
Aargau 181
Lucerne 104
Solothurn 100
Basel-Landschaft 85

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 64 people named Zingg.

7 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Doubs.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 7
Doubs 17
Paris 11
Haut-Rhin 5
Indre 5
Yvelines 4
Calvados 3
Val-d’Oise 3
Haute-Saône 2

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

Who carried it

People named Zingg,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Adrian Zingg
    Adrian Zingg 1734–1816 · painter
  • Josef Zingg
    Josef Zingg 1828–1891 · jurist
  • Magdalena Zingg d. 1626 · nun
  • Franz Zingg d. 1530 · parson
  • Heidi Zingg-Messerli d. 2004 · journalist
  • Willy Zingg d. 1968 · association football player

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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