Zettel
surname · English · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Zettel is a surname, most frequently recorded in the United States. It appears chiefly in English and German, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from German Zettel.
- USUnited States1 in 445K◐
- CHSwitzerland1 in 49K
- DEGermany1 in 103K
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin●
Borrowed from German Zettel.
Sources 2
- A Frequency Dictionary of German
- Wiktionary
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world●
| Country | Share of this name | |
|---|---|---|
| US United States | 5,955 | 62% |
| DE Germany | 954 | 10% |
| FR France | 530 | 6% |
| CH Switzerland | 416 | 4% |
| CA Canada | 386 | 4% |
≈8,241 recorded bearers across the countries shown (a sample of the full distribution).
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- English6.6K69%
- German1.7K18%
- French5556%
- Spanish1842%
- Czech1582%
Show as table
| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| English | 6,634 | 69% |
| German | 1,676 | 18% |
| French | 555 | 6% |
| Spanish | 184 | 2% |
| Czech | 158 | 2% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Over time●
Show as table
| Year | records |
|---|---|
| 1891 | 16 |
| 1901 | 2 |
| 1911 | 2 |
| 1921 | 10 |
| 1931 | 14 |
| 1941 | 5 |
| 1951 | 22 |
| 1961 | 11 |
| 1971 | 5 |
| 1981 | 9 |
| 1991 | 13 |
FR INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) — 11 years between 1891–1991. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.
Notable people with this name●
- Andreas Zettelb. 1886ATAustrian politician (1886-1957)
- Charlene Zettelb. 1947USAmerican politician
- Mike Zettelb. 1953CACanadian ice hockey player and coach
- Herbert Zettelb. 1963ATAustrian entomologist
- Sarah Zettelb. 1966USAmerican writer
- Noeli Zettelb. 1978BRperson identified in the Museu da Pessoa collection
- Daniel Zettelb. 1984BRBrazilian actor
- Kathrin Zettelb. 1986ATAustrian alpine skier
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●
Attested in 16 sources across 9 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 662 | #34,272 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 660 | #32,782 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 603 | #39,379 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 186 | #6,679 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 112 | #58,162 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 94 | #613 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 61 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 34 | — |
| CZ Czechia | MVČR — living population register 2017 | — | 30 | #41,827 |
| CZ Czechia | KdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end) | — | 30 | #13,253 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 22 | — |
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 20 | #85,376 |
Reference works 1
- 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 2026-09-03 data build · 41 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Zettel?
- Our records include 8,241 bearers of Zettel across 5 countries — a sample of the full distribution.
- In which country does Zettel have the most bearers?
- Zettel is most frequently recorded in the United States.
- What does the name Zettel mean?
- Recorded meaning: Borrowed from German Zettel.
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
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.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Zettel”. Data snapshot 2026-08-31.