# Zachary (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/zachary/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname transferred from the given name.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 6,724 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,198 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 45,917 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.6% (6,428 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈzækəɹi/, 3 syllables |
| Variant spellings | Zachariah, Zacharias, Zachery, Zackary, Zackery, Zac, Zak, Zack, Zachry, Zach |

## Etymology

From clipped forms of Zachariah and Zacharias + -y, from Hebrew זְכַרְיָה (Zəḵaryā, “Yahweh has remembered”) via Latin Zacharias and Koine Greek Ζαχαρίας (Zakharías). As an American city, named after the farmer Darel Zachary who sold the land for a local depot on the Illinois Central Railroad in the 1880s. Doublet of Zach, Zacharias, Zachariah, Zechariah, Zakariya, and Jakariya.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Zachary in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 73% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 21% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 2.2% |

## Similar surnames

Zachery, Zacher, Zackery, Zucker, Zeiger, Zager, Zwicker, Zuccaro, Zegarra.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.