Zell is used as a family name or surname in Germany. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Zell
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Germany
Meaning:

Form of Zellweger. Dweller on the Zelle road.

One who came from Zell, i.e., church, a village in Switzerland.

Surname Zell is the form of the Zeller. One who came from Zell, i.e., church, a village in Switzerland.

How popular is Zell?

Zell is common in Germany, United States, Australia, France, Sweden, Austria, Canada.

Zell is ranked 50449 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Zells plummeted by 0.68 per cent to 3049 since 2000 and slipped by 812 spots and ranked at 10520. The last name was found in around 1 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.62 93.81
Hispanic or Latino 2.46 2.12
Others 1.44 0.85
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.62 0
Black 0.56 2.44
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3 0
Zell is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Germany which signifies its Germany provenence. Around 10176 people have been found who wears Zell as their family name. Zell is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Zell:
2,397 Germany4,389
9,481 United States4,331
Countries with hundreds of Zell:
9,228 Australia341
42,874 France238
4,488 Sweden169
9,592 Austria138
27,942 Canada122
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
16,422 Israel54
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
114,769 Brazil50
64,723 Iran45
57,817 England44
67,975 Argentina38
72,414 Poland37
51,332 Netherlands29
21,594 Norway28
275,629 Russia20
33,097 Switzerland18
13,856 Singapore17
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
426,148 Thailand10
2,503 United States Virgin Islands6

Immigrants to US

From Germany

Christian Zell worked as farmer and hailed from Luxemburg. 56 years old embarked for Illinois from Antwerp on Lucia Fields and arrived on December 1, 1852. Christina Zell, Elisabeth Zell (28), 25 years old Henri Zell, Henric Zell, aged 54, Jean Zell (24) Farmer, Johann Zell (22) Farmer, 19 years old Nicholas Zell, Christian Zell (8), and 176 other Zell around 39.13% of whom were farmer while others worked as laborer and merchant, joiner, servant, mason, brewer migrated to US.

Zell Namesakes

  • Karl Zell, German statesman, philologist
  • Ulrich Zell, first printer in Cologne
  • Ulrich of Zell, Cluniac reformer of Germany, abbot
  • Heinrich Zell, German printer and cartographer
  • Katharina Zell, Protestant reformer and writer during the Protestant Reformation
  • Christian Zell, German harpsichord maker
  • Marc Zell, Vice President of Republicans Overseas, Inc
  • Sam Zell, American billionaire businessman, with investments
  • Harry von Zell, American announcer of radio programs and an actor
  • Johnny Zell, American musician, best known as a trumpeter

Zell Namesakes

  • Karl Zell, German statesman, philologist
  • Ulrich Zell, first printer in Cologne
  • Ulrich of Zell, Cluniac reformer of Germany, abbot
  • Heinrich Zell, German printer and cartographer
  • Katharina Zell, Protestant reformer and writer during the Protestant Reformation
  • Christian Zell, German harpsichord maker
  • Marc Zell, Vice President of Republicans Overseas, Inc
  • Sam Zell, American billionaire businessman, with investments
  • Harry von Zell, American announcer of radio programs and an actor
  • Johnny Zell, American musician, best known as a trumpeter

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