Zerr
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Übername zu mhd. zerren 'zerren, streiten' für einen streitsüchtigen Menschen
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 8 countries · latest register: Census Bureau, 2020
/ˈzɪɹ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Zerr is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Congo - Kinshasa than in any other country.
- USUnited States1 in 217K(measured from records)
- CDCongo - Kinshasa≈1 in 9.6K
- JOJordan≈1 in 95K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Congo - Kinshasa (inferred from the name graph)
- Record sources
- 231 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 9.6K (inferred from the name graph)
≈11,000 people, est.
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Congo - Kinshasa, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)Übername zu mhd. zerren 'zerren, streiten' für einen streitsüchtigen Menschen
Cited for this meaning 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen
Where in the world
(measured from records)Zerr counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CD Congo - Kinshasa | #353 | ≈11,000 est. | ≈1 in 9.6K | — | Zerr | 1 |
| US United States | — | 1,534 | 1 in 217K | 1.6K | Zerr | 231 |
| FR France | — | ≈630 est. | ≈1 in 108K | 74 | — | 2 |
| CA Canada | — | ≈350 est. | ≈1 in 106K | — | Zerr | 76 |
| EG Egypt | — | ≈300 est. | ≈1 in 344K | — | Zerr | 4 |
| JO Jordan | — | ≈110 est. | ≈1 in 95K | — | Zerr | 2 |
| SG Singapore | — | ≈52 est. | ≈1 in 119K | — | Zerr | 2 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Anna Zerrb. 1822DEGerman opera singer (1822-1881)
- Pauline Korolina Zerrb. 1835NLDutch soprano
- Anton Zerrb. 1849UARoman-Catholoc priest from Ukraine (1849-1932)
- Anne Zerrb. 1954USAmerican politician
- Peter Zerrb. 1959DEGerman footballer
- Inga Zerrb. 1964DEGerman neurologist
- Bernhard Zerrb. 1965DEGerman association football referee
- Anne Zerrb. 1993DEGerman politician (born 1993)
- Ann D. ZerrUSassociate professor of clinical medicine
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).
How to address them
(machine-generated)Evidence
(measured from records)14 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 8 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 1.6K | #16,899 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 1.5K | #18,144 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 1.5K | #18,161 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 114 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 94 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 84 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 74 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 71 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 70 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 68 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 67 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 60 | — |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Zerr?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈzɪɹ/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Zerr mean?
- Recorded meaning: Übername zu mhd. zerren 'zerren, streiten' für einen streitsüchtigen Menschen
- In which country does Zerr have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 11 thousand people named Zerr in Congo - Kinshasa, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled zerr.
- How common is the name Zerr?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,534 people named Zerr in 2010, about 1 in 217 thousand residents.
- How common is Zerr compared with other names?
- In Congo - Kinshasa, Zerr is the 353rd most common surname of 44,726 surnames recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/zerrThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
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.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Zerr” — the 353rd most common surname in Congo - Kinshasa. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.