# Zima (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,253 |
| US rank (2010) | 20,996 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 246,405 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.0% (1,229 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From zima ("winter" in Slavic languages).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Zima 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) | 95% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Zima in the United States and the Czech Republic.

## People named Zima

- Madeline Zima, American actress, writer, and director (born 1985)
- Yvonne Zima, American actress (born 1989)
- Vanessa Zima, American actress
- Peter V. Zima, Austrian specialist in literature

## Similar surnames

Zahn, Zinn, Zhen, Zeno, Zane, Zona, Zion, Zhan, Zuno.

## 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.