Zara Surname
Approximately 57,858 people bear this surname
Zara Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madagascar | 8,925 | 1:2,650 | 543 |
| Nigeria | 7,196 | 1:24,617 | 2,154 |
| Italy | 6,027 | 1:10,147 | 1,534 |
| Philippines | 5,346 | 1:18,937 | 2,278 |
| Ethiopia | 4,185 | 1:23,309 | 2,960 |
| Chad | 4,140 | 1:3,283 | 557 |
| Cameroon | 2,945 | 1:7,052 | 873 |
| Egypt | 2,685 | 1:34,241 | 3,613 |
| Iran | 2,213 | 1:34,696 | 4,112 |
| Pakistan | 1,363 | 1:131,067 | 3,743 |
| Niger | 1,278 | 1:15,017 | 1,013 |
| Brazil | 1,005 | 1:213,009 | 8,218 |
| United States | 1,001 | 1:362,097 | 32,264 |
| Morocco | 988 | 1:34,895 | 5,588 |
| Bangladesh | 901 | 1:176,867 | 6,245 |
| Romania | 734 | 1:27,354 | 3,492 |
| Argentina | 611 | 1:69,956 | 5,940 |
| France | 579 | 1:114,720 | 17,255 |
| Algeria | 511 | 1:75,600 | 12,051 |
| Saudi Arabia | 358 | 1:86,189 | 12,374 |
| Venezuela | 318 | 1:94,981 | 3,563 |
| Russia | 305 | 1:472,535 | 44,091 |
| Yemen | 280 | 1:94,376 | 5,853 |
| Turkey | 273 | 1:285,060 | 18,958 |
| India | 257 | 1:2,984,690 | 89,613 |
| Indonesia | 254 | 1:520,666 | 42,361 |
| Greece | 231 | 1:47,964 | 7,858 |
| Afghanistan | 217 | 1:148,171 | 3,206 |
| Zimbabwe | 212 | 1:72,822 | 10,797 |
| Spain | 173 | 1:270,243 | 16,860 |
| Moldova | 159 | 1:22,399 | 3,764 |
| DR Congo | 150 | 1:492,530 | 39,325 |
| Canada | 145 | 1:254,108 | 24,080 |
| Israel | 128 | 1:66,857 | 8,331 |
| Australia | 115 | 1:234,745 | 22,001 |
| England | 107 | 1:520,730 | 32,731 |
| Iraq | 100 | 1:350,217 | 6,594 |
| United Arab Emirates | 85 | 1:107,791 | 9,280 |
| Colombia | 77 | 1:620,442 | 7,661 |
| Kazakhstan | 72 | 1:245,590 | 21,749 |
| Malaysia | 65 | 1:453,757 | 23,130 |
| Uzbekistan | 65 | 1:475,833 | 11,089 |
| Papua New Guinea | 64 | 1:127,402 | 17,396 |
| Hungary | 61 | 1:160,923 | 14,302 |
| Mexico | 61 | 1:2,034,856 | 18,943 |
| Hong Kong | 56 | 1:130,991 | 2,371 |
| Switzerland | 50 | 1:164,258 | 15,252 |
| Portugal | 47 | 1:221,665 | 8,706 |
| Chile | 44 | 1:400,374 | 10,831 |
| Germany | 42 | 1:1,916,797 | 106,618 |
| Syria | 40 | 1:482,526 | 5,205 |
| South Africa | 37 | 1:1,464,262 | 76,407 |
| Ukraine | 36 | 1:1,264,519 | 108,003 |
| Singapore | 34 | 1:161,991 | 6,884 |
| Ivory Coast | 33 | 1:699,128 | 19,606 |
| Sweden | 32 | 1:307,711 | 21,451 |
| Dominican Republic | 31 | 1:336,546 | 11,471 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Aruba | 28 | 1:3,696 | 529 |
| Latvia | 27 | 1:75,928 | 11,170 |
| Belgium | 23 | 1:499,854 | 48,667 |
| Tajikistan | 22 | 1:381,213 | 2,820 |
| Poland | 17 | 1:2,235,809 | 104,965 |
| Albania | 16 | 1:182,128 | 12,899 |
| Austria | 14 | 1:608,245 | 54,975 |
| Cyprus | 14 | 1:63,205 | 6,078 |
| Peru | 14 | 1:2,270,294 | 26,427 |
| Azerbaijan | 13 | 1:742,240 | 12,462 |
| Belarus | 13 | 1:730,851 | 59,297 |
| Estonia | 12 | 1:110,150 | 19,471 |
| Burkina Faso | 10 | 1:1,835,210 | 14,348 |
| Lebanon | 10 | 1:563,708 | 13,499 |
| Taiwan | 9 | 1:2,604,972 | 16,335 |
| China | 7 | 1:195,331,652 | 10,124 |
| Tunisia | 7 | 1:87,232 | 13,677 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Ireland | 5 | 1:941,788 | 16,185 |
| Armenia | 5 | 1:586,036 | 10,281 |
| Slovakia | 5 | 1:1,067,290 | 85,393 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Japan | 4 | 1:31,961,073 | 53,820 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Libya | 4 | 1:1,560,994 | 3,087 |
| Myanmar | 4 | 1:12,984,496 | 1,309 |
| Palestine | 4 | 1:1,137,212 | 16,054 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3 | 1:1,178,801 | 15,876 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Georgia | 3 | 1:1,248,515 | 28,066 |
| Guyana | 3 | 1:254,074 | 11,262 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 1:5,629,059 | 132,535 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Northern Ireland | 2 | 1:922,518 | 18,701 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Jordan | 2 | 1:4,421,218 | 22,351 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 2 | 1:2,986,327 | 84,533 |
| Maldives | 2 | 1:202,086 | 4,973 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 22 | 1:2,282,667 | 111,005 |
The alternate forms: Zară (155), Zára (4), Žara (3), Zarà (2), Zará (2) & Žára (58) are calculated separately.
Zara (401,386) may also be a first name.
Zara Demographics
Zara Political Affiliation
in United States
United States
Average
Zara Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zara Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Zara (Arabic: زرا, Bengali: ঝরা, Georgian: ზარა, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺯﺍﺭﻩ, Hindi: जारा, Marathi: ज़ारा, Oriya: ଜାରା, Russian: Зара) is found in Madagascar more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms: Zară, Zára, Žara, Zarà, Zará or Žára. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Zara? popularity and diffusion
The surname Zara is the 9,760th most prevalent surname globally, borne by around 1 in 125,956 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 58 percent of Zara reside; 26 percent reside in West Africa and 15 percent reside in Barito Africa. It is also the 2,576th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world It is held by 401,386 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Madagascar, where it is held by 8,925 people, or 1 in 2,650. Besides Madagascar it occurs in 130 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 12 percent live and Italy, where 10 percent live.
Zara Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Zara has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 4,550 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Zara Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is predominantly Muslim (100%) in Russia, Muslim (100%) in Kazakhstan, Muslim (50%) in Kenya, Syriac Catholic (90%) in Lebanon, Muslim (98%) in Nigeria and Orthodox (67%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Zara last name are 15.05% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 61.82% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Zara earn in different countries varies notably. In Italy they earn 8.54% more than the national average, earning €32,594 per year; in South Africa they earn 14.27% more than the national average, earning R 271,560 per year; in Colombia they earn 21.55% more than the national average, earning $27,595,600 COP per year; in United States they earn 7.59% more than the national average, earning $46,424 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.58% more than the national average, earning $52,954 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zara Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zara in the Georgian language | ||
| ზარა | zara | - |
| Zara in the Oriya language | ||
| ଜାରା | jara | - |
| Zara in the Marathi language | ||
| ज़ारा | zara | - |
| Zara in the Bengali language | ||
| ঝরা | jhara | 91.67 |
| যারা | yara | 4.17 |
| জারা | jara | 4.17 |
| Zara in the Hindi language | ||
| जारा | jara | 59.02 |
| ज़ारा | zara | 19.67 |
| ज़ारा | zara | 6.56 |
| जैरा | jaira | 4.92 |
| ज़रा | zara | 3.28 |
| जरा | jara | 1.64 |
| ज़रा | zara | 1.64 |
| Zara in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺯﺍﺭﻩ | zarh | 40 |
| ﺍﻟﺰﻫﺮﺓ | alzhrt | 20 |
| ﺍﻟﺰﻋﺮﺓ | alzrt | 20 |
| ﺯﺍﺭ | zar | 20 |
| Zara in the Russian language | ||
| Зара | zara | - |
| Zara in the Arabic language | ||
| زرا | zra | - |
| زارع | zar | - |
| ظاري | zary | - |
| ظهرا | zhra | - |
| زاري | zary | - |
| زيرا | zyra | - |
| زارا | zara | - |
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Zara
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis