Zecharia Surname

1,155,901st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 207 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Israel

Zecharia Surname User-submission:

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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Zecharia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria681:2,605,04184,856
Israel501:171,15317,369
United States231:15,759,084542,937
England151:3,714,537119,675
Zimbabwe131:1,187,55768,998
Canada111:3,349,599180,238
Malawi91:1,902,12319,532
Papua New Guinea61:1,358,953118,663
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Zecharia (359) may also be a first name.

Zecharia Surname Meaning

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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Zecharia Last Name Facts

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

Zecharia is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Zecharia? popularity and diffusion

The last name Zecharia is the 1,155,901st most frequently used surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 35,205,536 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 44 percent of Zecharia live; 33 percent live in West Africa and 33 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Zecharia is also the 459,598th most frequently held first name world-wide It is held by 359 people.

It is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 68 people, or 1 in 2,605,041. In Nigeria Zecharia is mostly found in: Taraba, where 24 percent are found, Kaduna, where 22 percent are found and Gombe, where 12 percent are found. Not including Nigeria Zecharia occurs in 17 countries. It also occurs in Israel, where 24 percent are found and The United States, where 11 percent are found.

Zecharia Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Zecharia has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Zecharia surname grew 460 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Zecharia Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Zecharia earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 47.38% more than the national average, earning $63,594 USD per year and in Canada they earn 26.38% more than the national average, earning $62,788 CAD per year.

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