Zachariah Forename

29,054th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 28,443 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Jamaica

Zachariah Forename Definition:

ZACHARIAS, ZECHARIAH, Zak-a-ry'-ah, Zak-a-ry'-as, Zek-a-ry'-ah, memory of the Lord. 1. A Reubenite. 1 Chron. v. 7. 2. A king of Israel: he reigned six months, and was murdered. 2 Kings xiv. 29. 3. Of the race of Korah. 1 Chron. ix. 21. 4.

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Zachariah Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria
100%
6,1211:29,0092,582
United States
100%
4,6981:77,1683,744
Kenya
100%
4,1291:11,2151,375
Sudan
100%
1,5861:23,8382,295
Zimbabwe
100%
1,4621:10,5501,392
Jamaica-1,3501:2,136482
South Africa
99%
 
1,2661:43,0754,666
Ghana
100%
1,2361:21,8341,594
Saudi Arabia-1,2241:25,1743,238
Malawi
100%
1,2061:14,1891,417
Tanzania
100%
9151:57,6924,009
India
99%
 
6331:1,919,239101,517
Zambia-3761:42,1672,817
Uganda
100%
2581:158,7486,039
Botswana
100%
2531:8,6341,291
Cameroon
100%
2131:101,4585,287
United Arab Emirates-1831:39,0823,666
England
100%
1691:329,0118,076
Australia-1331:102,6893,650
Swaziland-1281:10,1581,360
Oman-1141:36,0412,188
Kuwait-1141:33,2043,097
Liberia
100%
981:45,0212,463
Canada
100%
951:348,77210,504
Solomon Islands
100%
631:9,222952
Bahrain-591:22,8593,234
Thailand
100%
531:1,321,99643,364
Indonesia-481:5,374,243207,949
Qatar
100%
311:76,4399,122
Papua New Guinea
100%
231:354,44828,044
Antigua and Barbuda-231:4,322830
DR Congo
100%
211:3,515,60073,131
Malaysia
94%
 
201:1,522,49747,664
Singapore-121:523,92111,491
Lesotho
100%
121:170,00012,545
Philippines
92%
 
111:9,637,225138,004
Egypt-91:10,211,21621,716
Brazil-71:30,605,165257,261
Wales
100%
71:442,0445,971
Sweden
86%
 
71:1,408,27224,832
Scotland
100%
71:764,3388,248
Czechia-51:2,131,2325,044
Sierra Leone-41:1,772,166913
Denmark-41:1,412,37415,217
United States Virgin Islands-41:27,4372,836
Dominican Republic-41:2,607,81819,206
Sri Lanka-41:5,199,77210,550
China-31:455,351,92789,064
Italy
100%
31:20,354,03045,650
Germany
100%
31:32,225,95964,270
New Zealand-21:2,268,02212,390
Netherlands
100%
21:8,451,04232,813
Hong Kong-21:3,876,36213,851
Iceland-21:183,0085,215
Japan-21:63,993,02872,606
Cyprus
100%
11:871,0765,368
Trinidad and Tobago-11:1,361,41934,512
Chile
100%
11:17,607,20848,996
Cayman Islands-11:61,2992,487
Saint Lucia
100%
11:177,8158,104
Brunei-11:419,5703,266
Benin-11:10,575,84390,010
Venezuela-11:30,201,893231,239
Belize-11:354,3097,663
Ireland
100%
11:4,643,51913,375
South Sudan
100%
11:11,551,0193,224
South Korea-11:5,544,42137,250
Somalia-11:13,525,8677,760
Saint Kitts and Nevis-11:54,8612,604
Rwanda-11:11,371,4334,615
Russia-11:144,233,704184,271
Portugal-11:10,410,86612,786
Panama-11:3,906,55740,800
Fiji-11:892,3783,968
Norway-11:5,132,32937,513
France-11:66,470,34085,030
Nauru
100%
11:11,927903
Namibia-11:2,404,17916,970
Iran-11:78,496,86865,150
Kazakhstan-11:17,746,84544,366
Israel-11:8,402,91845,019

Zachariah (13,513) may also be a surname.

Zachariah Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

ZACHARIAS, ZECHARIAH, Zak-a-ry'-ah, Zak-a-ry'-as, Zek-a-ry'-ah, memory of the Lord. 1. A Reubenite. 1 Chron. v. 7. 2. A king of Israel: he reigned six months, and was murdered. 2 Kings xiv. 29. 3. Of the race of Korah. 1 Chron. ix. 21. 4. A Levite. 2 Chron. xvii. 7. 5. Son of Jehoiada, high-priest of the Jews, probably the same as Azariah: see 1 Chron. vi. 10, 11. 6. The eleventh of the twelve minor prophets, son of Barachiah: he returned from Babylon, A. M. 3484, about two months after Haggai had begun to prophesy. Ezra v. 1. 7. The son of Barachiah or Jeberechiah, of whom mention is made Isai. viii. 2. See 2 Chron. xxvi. 5. 8. A priest of the order of Abia, the father of John the Baptist Luke i. 5, 12, &c.

The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar

Meaning: remembered of Jehovah.

A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson

A Hebrew name, meaning: Remembered of God.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

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