Zaker Surname
Approximately 12,641 people bear this surname
Zaker Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 5,677 | 1:13,525 | 1,796 |
| Bangladesh | 2,253 | 1:70,731 | 3,437 |
| Iraq | 1,341 | 1:26,116 | 1,350 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1,232 | 1:25,045 | 3,507 |
| Egypt | 610 | 1:150,714 | 11,610 |
| United States | 395 | 1:917,618 | 68,923 |
| India | 373 | 1:2,056,476 | 69,972 |
| Morocco | 239 | 1:144,251 | 25,171 |
| Pakistan | 147 | 1:1,215,265 | 14,476 |
| Malaysia | 59 | 1:499,902 | 25,042 |
| Palestine | 52 | 1:87,478 | 6,579 |
| United Arab Emirates | 49 | 1:186,985 | 12,996 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Lebanon | 23 | 1:245,091 | 9,209 |
| Canada | 20 | 1:1,842,280 | 119,096 |
| Nigeria | 20 | 1:8,857,138 | 186,571 |
| Germany | 15 | 1:5,367,031 | 196,901 |
| England | 14 | 1:3,979,861 | 125,553 |
| Syria | 11 | 1:1,754,638 | 8,509 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 1:13,224,919 | 434,432 |
| Switzerland | 10 | 1:821,292 | 53,588 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 1:5,894,165 | 166,702 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 13 | 1:3,862,976 | 168,604 |
Zaker (15,017) may also be a first name.
Zaker Demographics
Average Zaker Salary in
United States
$50,070 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Zaker Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zaker Come From? nationality or country of origin
Zaker (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺬﺍﻛﺮ, Hindi: जाकिर, Marathi: जाकेर, Russian: Закер) is found in Iran more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Zaker? popularity and diffusion
The last name Zaker is the 41,334th most widespread last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 576,501 people. Zaker occurs mostly in Asia, where 89 percent of Zaker are found; 67 percent are found in South Asia and 64 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Zaker is also the 46,352nd most numerous first name throughout the world, held by 15,017 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Iran, where it is held by 5,677 people, or 1 in 13,525. In Iran it is most frequent in: Tehran Province, where 16 percent reside, Razavi Khorasan Province, where 16 percent reside and East Azerbaijan Province, where 10 percent reside. Excluding Iran this surname exists in 47 countries. It also occurs in Bangladesh, where 18 percent reside and Iraq, where 11 percent reside.
Zaker Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Zaker has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 3,038 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Zaker Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is predominantly Shiite (45%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Zaker surname are 0.41999999999999% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 52.81% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Zaker earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 16.04% more than the national average, earning $50,070 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.98% more than the national average, earning $52,653 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zaker Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zaker in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺬﺍﻛﺮ | aldhakr | - |
| Zaker in the Hindi language | ||
| जाकिर | jakira | 80 |
| ज़ाकिर | zakira | 20 |
| Zaker in the Marathi language | ||
| जाकेर | jakera | 61.68 |
| झाकेर | jhakera | 26.35 |
| झकेर | jhakera | 4.79 |
| जा़केर | jakera | 1.2 |
| जाके | jake | 0.6 |
| जाकेरी | jakeri | 0.6 |
| शाकेर | sakera | 0.6 |
| Zaker in the Russian language | ||
| Закер | zaker | - |
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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 Zaker
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