# Zarate (surname)

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

A surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque].

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Spanish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 20,992 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,713 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 14,708 people |
| Change since 2000 | +50% (14,000 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Sarate |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Zárate, itself from a Basque toponym.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Zarate 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) | 4.0% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 93% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 0.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Zarate in Argentina.

## People named Zarate

- Mauro Zárate, Argentine association football player
- Roberto Zárate, Argentine association football player (1932-2013)
- Gonzalo Zárate, Argentine footballer
- Rolando Zárate, Argentine footballer
- Sergio Zárate, Argentine footballer
- Ariel Zárate, Argentine footballer
- Juan Zárate, Argentinian association football player
- Alexis Zárate, Argentinian association football player

## Similar surnames

Zwart, Zurita.

## 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.