How common is the surname Zacharias?

3,805 people in the United States had the surname Zacharias in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 81,142 Americans. It ranked 8,641st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Zacharias?

In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Zacharias identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Who is the most famous person named Zacharias?

Ann Zacharias, actress, followed by Sascha Zacharias.

Where is the surname Zacharias most common?

Wikidata records people named Zacharias in Sweden.

Is the surname Zacharias getting more or less common?

More common. 3,469 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,805 in 2010, up 9.7%.

The surname Zacharias

A surname, carried by 3,805 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex Z262

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Zacharias is more common than 94.7% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,805 people named Zacharias in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 81,142 Americans. That is up 9.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,469.

#8,641

rank among US surnames

3,805

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+9.7%

change since 2000 (was #8,720)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,634	Rankins	3,809	81,057
#8,635	Waites	3,808	81,078
#8,639	McSweeney	3,807	81,099
#8,641	Zacharias	3,805	81,142
#8,645	Shanklin	3,804	81,163
#8,646	Weeden	3,803	81,185
#8,648	Burdine	3,802	81,206

Who is named Zacharias

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

83% of people named Zacharias identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 4.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 83%
Asian and Pacific Islander 9.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.7%
Two or more races 1.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Zachariass

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ann Zacharias
Actress, born 1956
Sascha Zacharias
Actress, born 1979

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Zacharias

Zacarias

Zacharias has the Soundex code Z262, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code Z262.

Questions

How common is the surname Zacharias?: 3,805 people in the United States had the surname Zacharias in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 81,142 Americans. It ranked 8,641st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Zacharias?: In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Zacharias identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Who is the most famous person named Zacharias?: Ann Zacharias, actress, followed by Sascha Zacharias.
Where is the surname Zacharias most common?: Wikidata records people named Zacharias in Sweden.
Is the surname Zacharias getting more or less common?: More common. 3,469 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,805 in 2010, up 9.7%.