This category contains people of the most modest rank of Austrian nobility, normally designated by the nobiliary particles "von" or "zu" added to their surnames, but without other nobles titles such as Count, Duke, Graf, Ritter, etc. This rank may or may not be hereditary.

Since 1919 nobility is no longer legally recognized. Noble titles and designations were abolished in Austria. Unlike Germany, former noble titles or prefixes are not allowed to be a part of the family name or to be publicly displayed by Austrian citizens, for they were banned due to constitutional law in 1919.