The surname Zaki
A surname, carried by 1,356 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex Z200
Origin
From the Arabic surname, from the adjective زكي (“chaste, pure”). Compare Zaky.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,356 people named Zaki in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 227,688 Americans. That is up 51% since 2000, when the Census counted 898.
| Rank | Surname | People | 1 in |
|---|---|---|---|
| #19,814 | Eckler | 1,357 | 227,521 |
| #19,823 | Zaki | 1,356 | 227,688 |
Who is named Zaki
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
72% of people named Zaki identified as white (not Hispanic), 17% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 72%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 17%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.7%
- Two or more races 3.6%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Zaki has the Soundex code Z200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code Z200.
Questions
- Where does the surname Zaki come from?
- From the Arabic surname, from the adjective زكي (“chaste, pure”). Compare Zaky.
- How common is the surname Zaki?
- 1,356 people in the United States had the surname Zaki in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 227,688 Americans. It ranked 19,823rd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Zaki?
- In the 2010 Census, 72% of people named Zaki identified as white (not Hispanic), and 17% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- Is the surname Zaki getting more or less common?
- More common. 898 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,356 in 2010, up 51%.