Zacariah Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nicaragua

Zacariah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zacariah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria161:11,071,422210,388
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States171:2,954,040135,915

Zacariah (169) may also be a first name.

Zacariah Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Zacariah Come From? nationality or country of origin

Zacariah occurs most in Nigeria. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Zacariah click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Zacariah? popularity and diffusion

The surname Zacariah is the 4,116,508th most frequently used surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 70 percent of Zacariah are found; 70 percent are found in West Africa and 70 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 703,581st most widely held given name at a global level. It is borne by 169 people.

It is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 11,071,422. In Nigeria Zacariah is most prevalent in: Kaduna, where 50 percent reside, Ondo, where 19 percent reside and Benue, where 6 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria Zacariah occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 9 percent reside and The United States, where 9 percent reside.

Zacariah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Zacariah has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Zacariah surname declined 88 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Zacariah
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