Zacharias Surname
Approximately 25,403 people bear this surname
Zacharias Surname Definition:
(English) Descendant of Zacharias or Zachary (whom Jehovah remembers).
Read More About This SurnameZacharias Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 6,231 | 1:12,920 | 1,674 |
| United States | 5,115 | 1:70,862 | 8,220 |
| Brazil | 3,727 | 1:57,439 | 2,167 |
| Canada | 2,962 | 1:12,439 | 1,839 |
| Greece | 2,138 | 1:5,182 | 529 |
| Indonesia | 1,325 | 1:99,811 | 10,296 |
| India | 985 | 1:778,747 | 35,178 |
| South Africa | 326 | 1:166,189 | 18,559 |
| Mexico | 321 | 1:386,686 | 7,792 |
| Saudi Arabia | 318 | 1:97,031 | 14,320 |
| England | 282 | 1:197,582 | 17,327 |
| Austria | 281 | 1:30,304 | 4,887 |
| France | 246 | 1:270,011 | 41,577 |
| Australia | 184 | 1:146,716 | 15,637 |
| Poland | 94 | 1:404,348 | 43,186 |
| Paraguay | 83 | 1:87,190 | 2,127 |
| Kuwait | 77 | 1:49,360 | 5,585 |
| Cyprus | 64 | 1:13,826 | 1,599 |
| Bahrain | 59 | 1:22,858 | 4,582 |
| Argentina | 53 | 1:806,480 | 53,420 |
| Netherlands | 45 | 1:375,271 | 40,838 |
| Sweden | 42 | 1:234,447 | 16,276 |
| Papua New Guinea | 38 | 1:214,572 | 29,580 |
| Thailand | 29 | 1:2,435,805 | 267,220 |
| Nigeria | 28 | 1:6,326,527 | 151,186 |
| Israel | 27 | 1:316,949 | 27,106 |
| Denmark | 25 | 1:225,789 | 17,947 |
| Switzerland | 24 | 1:342,205 | 26,446 |
| Spain | 23 | 1:2,032,697 | 53,462 |
| Czechia | 17 | 1:625,498 | 60,070 |
| Chile | 17 | 1:1,036,263 | 20,476 |
| Ethiopia | 16 | 1:6,096,641 | 11,907 |
| Ecuador | 16 | 1:994,115 | 14,535 |
| Belgium | 13 | 1:884,357 | 69,774 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Northern Ireland | 12 | 1:153,753 | 8,250 |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | 1:1,543,824 | 78,460 |
| Italy | 9 | 1:6,795,188 | 113,457 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| Scotland | 9 | 1:594,869 | 21,724 |
| Hungary | 8 | 1:1,227,035 | 53,030 |
| Cameroon | 8 | 1:2,596,134 | 118,056 |
| Slovenia | 7 | 1:355,382 | 17,336 |
| Slovakia | 7 | 1:762,350 | 73,078 |
| Luxembourg | 6 | 1:96,757 | 6,198 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Bolivia | 5 | 1:2,123,287 | 6,830 |
| United Arab Emirates | 5 | 1:1,832,455 | 58,414 |
| Romania | 4 | 1:5,019,468 | 62,922 |
| Oman | 4 | 1:921,993 | 7,313 |
| Nauru | 4 | 1:2,970 | 349 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,569,646 | 17,286 |
| Belize | 2 | 1:177,737 | 3,502 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Marshall Islands | 1 | 1:51,821 | 2,326 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 1:38,378 | 1,726 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wales | 9 | 1:174,268 | 6,522 |
| England | 7 | 1:3,482,196 | 89,582 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 299 | 1:167,955 | 15,192 |
The alternate forms: Zachariás (29), Zachariaš (9) & Zacharías (2) are calculated separately.
Zacharias (14,156) may also be a first name.
Zacharias Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(English) Descendant of Zacharias or Zachary (whom Jehovah remembers).
User-submitted Reference
The surname/given name, Scaria, is derived from the Hebrew given name Zechariah (זְכַרְיָה, meaning "God has remembered"). It is most common among the Saint Thomas Christians, commonly called in India as Syrian Christians or Nasrani, which is a community of Christians from Kerala, India, who trace their origins to the evangelistic activity of Saint Thomas in the 1st century, and is one of the oldest Christian communities in the world.
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Zacharias Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zacharias Come From? nationality or country of origin
Zacharias (Hindi: जकरियास, Marathi: साकरीमस, Oriya: ଯାକିୟାସ) has its highest incidence in Germany. It can be found as: Zachariás, Zachariaš or Zacharías. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Zacharias? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 21,450th most common surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 286,877 people. The surname Zacharias is predominantly found in The Americas, where 48 percent of Zacharias reside; 33 percent reside in North America and 32 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Zacharias is also the 48,256th most commonly used forename throughout the world It is held by 14,156 people.
The last name is most widely held in Germany, where it is borne by 6,231 people, or 1 in 12,920. In Germany Zacharias is primarily found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 31 percent are found, Lower Saxony, where 12 percent are found and Saxony-Anhalt, where 9 percent are found. Not including Germany this last name is found in 83 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 20 percent are found and Brazil, where 15 percent are found.
Zacharias Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Zacharias has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Zacharias last name increased 1,711 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 4,029 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it declined 89 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Zacharias Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Zacharias surname are 5.26% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 52.03% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Zacharias earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 98.59% more than the national average, earning €59,638 per year; in Peru they earn 275.95% more than the national average, earning S/. 72,878 per year; in South Africa they earn 31.54% more than the national average, earning R 312,588 per year; in United States they earn 6.77% more than the national average, earning $46,070 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.29% less than the national average, earning $44,075 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zacharias Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zacharias in the Marathi language | ||
| साकरीमस | sakarimasa | - |
| Zacharias in the Hindi language | ||
| जकरियास | jakariyasa | 66.67 |
| सकरियास | sakariyasa | 33.33 |
| Zacharias in the Oriya language | ||
| ଯାକିୟାସ | yakiyasa | 23.53 |
| ଜାକିୟାସ | jakiyasa | 11.76 |
| ଜାକିଆସ୍ | jaki'as | 5.88 |
| ଯାଚାରିୟାସ | yacariyasa | 5.88 |
| ଜାକିଆସ | jaki'asa | 5.88 |
| ଯାଚାରିୟସ | yacariyasa | 5.88 |
| ଯାକିଆସ | yaki'asa | 5.88 |
| ଜାକାରିଆସ | jakari'asa | 5.88 |
| ଯାଖାରିୟାସ | yakhariyasa | 5.88 |
| ଯାକରିଆସ | yakari'asa | 5.88 |
| ଯାଖରିୟାସ | yakhariyasa | 5.88 |
| ଯାେକରିଆସ | yaekari'asa | 5.88 |
| ଯାକୀୟାସ | yakiyasa | 5.88 |
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