Zakaria Surname
Approximately 380,450 people bear this surname
Zakaria Surname User-submission:
This surname originates from Arabic (زَكَرِيَّا Zakariyyā) and means 'Yahweh (God) remembers'. This is the name of multiple characters in the Old Testament and it also appears in the New Testament being the name of St. John the Baptist's father 'Zechariah'.
Read More About This SurnameZakaria Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 95,916 | 1:959 | 136 |
| Sudan | 45,920 | 1:817 | 100 |
| Bangladesh | 43,888 | 1:3,631 | 344 |
| Chad | 34,181 | 1:398 | 34 |
| Indonesia | 32,374 | 1:4,085 | 516 |
| Tanzania | 29,661 | 1:1,785 | 242 |
| Malaysia | 14,341 | 1:2,057 | 314 |
| Syria | 13,460 | 1:1,434 | 189 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9,699 | 1:3,181 | 419 |
| Morocco | 9,542 | 1:3,613 | 354 |
| Ghana | 7,689 | 1:3,514 | 522 |
| Nigeria | 6,510 | 1:27,211 | 2,328 |
| Niger | 5,317 | 1:3,610 | 347 |
| Lebanon | 3,999 | 1:1,410 | 266 |
| Kenya | 3,645 | 1:12,669 | 1,576 |
| Pakistan | 2,796 | 1:63,893 | 2,380 |
| Somalia | 2,059 | 1:6,533 | 524 |
| Cameroon | 1,563 | 1:13,288 | 1,815 |
| Iran | 1,503 | 1:51,086 | 5,678 |
| Iraq | 1,499 | 1:23,363 | 1,267 |
| Malawi | 1,438 | 1:11,905 | 1,842 |
| Algeria | 1,401 | 1:27,574 | 5,006 |
| DR Congo | 1,053 | 1:70,161 | 8,227 |
| United States | 1,044 | 1:347,183 | 31,158 |
| France | 927 | 1:71,653 | 10,004 |
| Jordan | 843 | 1:10,489 | 1,917 |
| Afghanistan | 804 | 1:39,992 | 1,527 |
| Kuwait | 742 | 1:5,122 | 702 |
| Zimbabwe | 693 | 1:22,277 | 3,360 |
| Comoros | 530 | 1:1,414 | 208 |
| Ivory Coast | 464 | 1:49,722 | 3,060 |
| United Arab Emirates | 432 | 1:21,209 | 2,451 |
| Mali | 387 | 1:43,848 | 1,206 |
| India | 383 | 1:2,002,782 | 68,686 |
| Brunei | 369 | 1:1,135 | 229 |
| Yemen | 355 | 1:74,437 | 5,107 |
| Canada | 337 | 1:109,334 | 11,723 |
| England | 335 | 1:166,323 | 15,397 |
| Burkina Faso | 296 | 1:62,000 | 2,496 |
| Philippines | 289 | 1:350,305 | 47,129 |
| Uganda | 162 | 1:240,983 | 18,138 |
| Qatar | 159 | 1:14,830 | 1,610 |
| Thailand | 151 | 1:467,804 | 81,807 |
| Djibouti | 125 | 1:7,319 | 508 |
| Sweden | 102 | 1:96,537 | 7,015 |
| Australia | 91 | 1:296,656 | 26,074 |
| Kazakhstan | 89 | 1:198,680 | 18,516 |
| Palestine | 89 | 1:51,111 | 5,164 |
| Israel | 76 | 1:112,600 | 12,624 |
| Lesotho | 67 | 1:30,337 | 5,743 |
| Hong Kong | 56 | 1:130,991 | 2,371 |
| Spain | 55 | 1:850,037 | 34,138 |
| Germany | 54 | 1:1,490,842 | 90,195 |
| Denmark | 32 | 1:176,397 | 14,920 |
| Italy | 31 | 1:1,972,796 | 88,569 |
| Botswana | 28 | 1:78,105 | 13,263 |
| Belgium | 27 | 1:425,802 | 43,971 |
| Ethiopia | 25 | 1:3,901,850 | 10,182 |
| Netherlands | 24 | 1:703,632 | 56,027 |
| Scotland | 21 | 1:254,944 | 12,577 |
| Luxembourg | 20 | 1:29,027 | 5,175 |
| Wales | 19 | 1:162,870 | 11,152 |
| Russia | 18 | 1:8,006,836 | 292,169 |
| South Africa | 18 | 1:3,009,872 | 112,058 |
| Madagascar | 16 | 1:1,478,115 | 2,908 |
| Brazil | 15 | 1:14,271,622 | 267,944 |
| Oman | 15 | 1:245,865 | 4,150 |
| Tunisia | 14 | 1:43,616 | 6,025 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| New Zealand | 12 | 1:377,360 | 28,765 |
| Poland | 11 | 1:3,455,341 | 126,214 |
| Norway | 10 | 1:514,229 | 41,629 |
| Libya | 9 | 1:693,775 | 1,982 |
| Togo | 9 | 1:805,308 | 6,372 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Czechia | 7 | 1:1,519,067 | 97,842 |
| Japan | 7 | 1:18,263,470 | 47,869 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| Mauritius | 5 | 1:258,683 | 8,939 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1:31,031,551 | 63,627 |
| South Korea | 4 | 1:12,810,064 | 2,073 |
| Turkey | 4 | 1:19,455,356 | 155,681 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Mauritania | 3 | 1:1,364,954 | 27,355 |
| Venezuela | 3 | 1:10,068,026 | 60,591 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Cyprus | 2 | 1:442,438 | 9,493 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| East Timor | 1 | 1:1,215,928 | 507 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
The alternate forms: Zakarîa (1) are calculated separately.
Zakaria (627,783) may also be a first name.
Zakaria Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
This surname originates from Arabic (زَكَرِيَّا Zakariyyā) and means 'Yahweh (God) remembers'. This is the name of multiple characters in the Old Testament and it also appears in the New Testament being the name of St. John the Baptist's father 'Zechariah'.
- tinzoIt is the name of the prophet of God, Zakaria, peace be upon him, one of the prophets of Bani Israel of atomic Ibrahim, peace be upon him.
- zikox19It is the name of the prophet of God, Zakaria, peace be upon him, one of the prophets of Bani Israel, of Ibrahim, peace be upon him.
- zakaria.ouaaliZakaria Demographics
Average Zakaria Salary in
United States
$50,048 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Zakaria Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zakaria Come From? nationality or country of origin
Zakaria (Arabic: زكريّا, Bengali: জাকারিয়া, Georgian: ზაკარია, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺯﻛﺮﻳﺎﺀ, Hindi: जकरिया, Marathi: जकरीया, Oriya: ଜକରିଆ, Russian: Закариа) is more commonly found in Egypt than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant: Zakarîa. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Zakaria? popularity and diffusion
The last name Zakaria is the 1,411th most commonly held family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 19,155 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 65 percent of Zakaria are found; 40 percent are found in North Africa and 37 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. Zakaria is also the 1,563rd most commonly used first name world-wide. It is borne by 627,783 people.
Zakaria is most commonly held in Egypt, where it is borne by 95,916 people, or 1 in 959. Outside of Egypt it exists in 120 countries. It is also common in Sudan, where 12 percent reside and Bangladesh, where 12 percent reside.
Zakaria Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is principally Christian (74%) in Kenya and Sunni (85%) in Lebanon.
In The United States Zakaria are 2.14% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 55.37% being registered with the party.
The amount Zakaria earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 1188.57% more than the national average, earning 4,459,480 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 90.84% less than the national average, earning R 21,756 per year; in United States they earn 15.99% more than the national average, earning $50,048 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.27% more than the national average, earning $54,784 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zakaria Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zakaria in the Georgian language | ||
| ზაკარია | zakaria | - |
| Zakaria in the Bengali language | ||
| জাকারিয়া | jakariya | - |
| Zakaria in the Oriya language | ||
| ଜକରିଆ | jakari'a | - |
| Zakaria in the Hindi language | ||
| जकरिया | jakariya | 55.56 |
| ज़करिया | zakariya | 22.22 |
| ज़कारिया | zakariya | 11.11 |
| जकारिया | jakariya | 11.11 |
| Zakaria in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺯﻛﺮﻳﺎﺀ | zkrya | 50.54 |
| ﺯﻛﺮﻳﺎ | zkrya | 45.65 |
| ﺯﻛﺎﺭﻳﺎ | zkarya | 1.09 |
| ﺯﺍﻛﺮﻳﺎ | zakrya | 1.09 |
| ﺯﺍﻛﺎﺭﻳﺎ | zakarya | 0.54 |
| ﺯﻛﺎﺭﻳﺎﺀ | zkarya | 0.54 |
| ﺯﺍﻛﺮﻳﺎﺀ | zakrya | 0.54 |
| Zakaria in the Marathi language | ||
| जकरीया | jakariya | 34.38 |
| झकरीया | jhakariya | 31.25 |
| जखरीया | jakhariya | 9.38 |
| झकारीया | jhakariya | 9.38 |
| जकािरया | jakairaya | 6.25 |
| जकारीया | jakariya | 6.25 |
| झाकरीया | jhakariya | 3.13 |
| Zakaria in the Russian language | ||
| Закариа | zakaria | - |
| Zakaria in the Arabic language | ||
| زكريّا | zkrya | - |
| ذكريا | dhkrya | - |
| زكريا | zkrya | - |
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