The Zinn surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,774 people carried this name — #5,961 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 51,000 people counted. That is up 1% from 5,740 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 30 people named Zinn.

6 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 5 départements, most often Moselle.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 6
Moselle 14
Bas-Rhin 5
Meurthe-et-Moselle 3
Aisne 1
Marne 1

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

25 people named Zinn live in Switzerland.

They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

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

Where they live today

Zurich 9
Valais 5
St. Gallen 4
Vaud 4
Obwalden 3

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 the Nordic population registers

62 people named Zinn is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 62

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).

In print

Zinn in American newspapers,
1893–1919.

Newspaper page from Great Falls Daily Tribune carrying the name Zinn
Great Falls Daily Tribune 1919-06-08
Newspaper page from The Grenada Sentinel carrying the name Zinn
The Grenada Sentinel 1893-05-20
Newspaper page from The Butte Inter Mountain carrying the name Zinn
The Butte Inter Mountain 1903-04-10

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 57,425 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Zinn in Australian newspapers,
1870s–1980s.

326 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Zinn. The most, 63, date from the 1930s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Queensland, at 3.9 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 261
New South Wales 24
Victoria 14
Western Australia 10
ACT (Canberra) 9
South Australia 5
Tasmania 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Zinn.

Who carried it

People named Zinn,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Johann Gottfried Zinn
    Johann Gottfried Zinn 1727–1759 · naturalist
  • Johann Ludvig Zinn
    Johann Ludvig Zinn 1734–1802 · businessperson
  • Magdalena Zinn d. 1602
  • Johann Conrad Zinn 1571–1636 · physician
  • Ephrosina Zinn 1586–1636
  • Konrad Friedrich Zinn 1757– · schoolchild

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Zinn,
in the records of 6 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States962 records

962 records of the Zinn name in the United States
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 329
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 246
  • Other U.S. records 387
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Melvin W. Zinn

    Born 1908 in Illinois. Enlisted 1943 at Indianapolis, Indiana; barber from Marion County, Indiana. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1999, buried at Maple Lawn Cemetery, Flora, Indiana.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Laura Zinn

    Arrived at New York in 1904 aboard the Pennsylvania from Boulogne, aged 22; servant. From Bialykamen, Austria; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Ronald Lloyd Zinn

    Born 1939; from Orland Park, Illinois. U.S. Army, parachutist; killed in action 1965 in South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 962 records for Zinn in the United States.

Counts: NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Germany262 records

262 records of the Zinn name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Georg Zinn

    Born 1881; from Ellenrode, Fritzlar. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 27 December 1916.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Johannes Zinn

    From Berlin. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 10 September 1915 (Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 59).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  3. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Hugo Zinn

    From Schmitten, Sieg. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 4 January 1919.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Showing 3 of 262 records for Zinn in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).

Canada40 records

40 records of the Zinn name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 35
  • Halifax municipal cemeteries 4
  • City of Waterloo (Ontario) cemetery records 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Sarah Princetta Zinn

    Buried in 1942 at Mount Hermon Cemetery, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, aged 42.

    Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record James Zinn

    Died 1950 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Arthur Zinn

    Married 1913 in Cumberland, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 3 of 40 records for Zinn in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax. · Contains information provided by the City of Waterloo under licence. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Netherlands32 records

32 records of the Zinn name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 19
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 11
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 2
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Johan Christiaan Eberhard Zinn

    Died 1839 in Goes, aged 75; printer.

    Open Archives, Zeeuws Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Cecile Zinn

    Married in 1812 in Amsterdam; shopkeeper.

    Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Frans Zinn

    Buried in 1790 in Nijmegen.

    Open Archives, Regionaal Archief Nijmegen (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 32 records for Zinn in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

Australia15 records

15 records of the Zinn name in Australia
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 8
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 5
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 2
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Wilhelm Zinn

    Retired of Croydon, Victoria; died 1978.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Georg Zinn

    Arrived in Victoria in 1889 aboard the Hohenzollern, aged 23.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record George Frederich William Zinn

    Naturalised in Queensland in 1889.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 15 records for Zinn in Australia.

Counts: Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

France15 records

15 records of the Zinn name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Jacqueline Elise Zinn

    Born 1930 in Strasbourg; died 1995 in Still (Bas-Rhin).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Joseph Zinn

    Born 1905 in Berthelming (Moselle); died 2001 in Oberhausbergen (Bas-Rhin).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Lina Zinn

    Born 1914 in Hœnheim; died 1988 in Strasbourg (Bas-Rhin).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 15 records for Zinn in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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