Explore the Family Name Zieser

The meaning of Zieser

German: possibly a variant of Ziese, an occupational name for a tax collector, from Middle Low German sise, Middle High German zīse ‘consumer tax’. Compare Ceasar and Ceaser.

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How common is the last name Zieser in the United States?

Based on the data retrieved from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Zieser has seen a slight increase in its popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Zieser ranked 65,862 in terms of popularity with a count of 281 individuals bearing the surname. By 2010, the rank had changed to 65,593 and the count increased to 302, showing a growth of approximately 7.47%. Despite this increase in prevalence, the proportion of individuals with the Zieser surname per 100k remained stable at 0.1.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#65,862	#65,593	0.41%
Count	281	302	7.47%
Proportion per 100k	0.1	0.1	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Zieser

The ethnic identity associated with the surname Zieser, according to the Decennial U.S. Census data, has shown some variation over the decade. The majority of individuals with the Zieser surname identified as White, making up 95.37% of the population in 2000, which decreased slightly to 94.04% in 2010. The Hispanic representation saw an increase of approximately 32.93%, rising from 2.49% in 2000 to 3.31% in 2010. There was a new appearance of American Indian and Alaskan Native identity in 2010, representing 1.66% of the Zieser population. However, there were no individuals who identified as Asian/Pacific Islander or Black in either 2000 or 2010. Similarly, there were no individuals who identified with two or more races.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.37%	94.04%	-1.39%
Hispanic	2.49%	3.31%	32.93%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	1.66%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%