Zárate Surname
Approximately 1,092 people bear this surname
Zárate Surname Definition:
From the latin "serra" - a mountain place. City in northern Buenos Aires province of Argentina.
Means the pass through the forest.
Basque name from Vizcaya and traced to house of Ayala.
Zárate Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 650 | 1:190,963 | 5,285 |
| Argentina | 105 | 1:407,080 | 31,114 |
| Spain | 65 | 1:719,262 | 31,067 |
| Paraguay | 55 | 1:131,577 | 2,835 |
| Colombia | 33 | 1:1,447,699 | 10,684 |
| Peru | 33 | 1:963,155 | 18,708 |
| Bolivia | 23 | 1:461,584 | 4,333 |
| Chile | 21 | 1:838,880 | 17,964 |
| Brazil | 17 | 1:12,592,608 | 246,358 |
| United States | 12 | 1:30,204,911 | 765,334 |
| Venezuela | 11 | 1:2,745,825 | 29,869 |
| Panama | 9 | 1:434,695 | 8,518 |
| Guatemala | 7 | 1:2,297,524 | 6,613 |
| Costa Rica | 7 | 1:682,867 | 5,051 |
| El Salvador | 6 | 1:1,057,315 | 4,053 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Nicaragua | 4 | 1:1,505,272 | 5,843 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Ecuador | 3 | 1:5,301,949 | 30,184 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Uruguay | 2 | 1:1,715,879 | 35,955 |
| Puerto Rico | 2 | 1:1,775,070 | 6,602 |
| Honduras | 2 | 1:4,408,221 | 7,709 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 1:38,378 | 1,726 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
The alternate forms: Zarate (295,681), Zàrate (42), Zaráte (2) & Zaraté (2) are calculated separately.
Zárate Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
From the latin "serra" - a mountain place. City in northern Buenos Aires province of Argentina.
Means the pass through the forest.
Basque name from Vizcaya and traced to house of Ayala.
Zárate Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zárate Come From? nationality or country of origin
Zárate is more commonly found in Mexico than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant: Zarate, Zàrate, Zaráte or Zaraté. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Zárate? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 337,263rd most frequent last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 6,673,577 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 92 percent of Zárate are found; 61 percent are found in North America and 60 percent are found in Hispano-North America.
This surname is most numerous in Mexico, where it is borne by 650 people, or 1 in 190,963. In Mexico it is most numerous in: Mexico City, where 21 percent live, México, where 13 percent live and Guanajuato, where 7 percent live. Other than Mexico this last name occurs in 33 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 10 percent live and Spain, where 6 percent live.
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