Zakaria is used as a family name or surname in Egypt. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Zakaria
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Egypt
Meaning: Arabic Equivalent (Zakariyya) the personal name of Hebrew origin Zechariah (zkharyah = God has remembered). This is one of the twelve minor biblical prophets, but also the father of John the Baptist.

How popular is Zakaria?

Zakaria is common in Egypt.

Zakaria is ranked 1271 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Zakarias grew by 67.88991 per cent to 915 since 2000 and ranked 26630 after elevating 11568 spots. The last name was found in around 3 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 53.11 48.07
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 31.48 33.76
Black 10.05 5.14
Others 3.5 11.93
Hispanic or Latino 1.86 1.1
Zakaria is quite popular family name mostly used in Egypt while Malaysia is ahead in terms of density. Around 417017 people have been found who wears Zakaria as their family name. Zakaria is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
13,898 Nigeria10
20,525 Mauritania8
88,966 Czech Republic7
7,646 Japan7
67 Chad7
4,921 Uganda5
2,980 Malawi4
2,011 South Korea4
1,162 Madagascar4
1,922 Libya3
1,851 Togo3
35,184 Poland3
4,899 Ivory Coast3
115 Comoros3
18,718 Thailand2
4,367 Afghanistan2
3,940 Ethiopia2
6,103 Cyprus2
19,093 Finland2
20,595 China2
10,211 Bulgaria2
19,046 Ireland2
139,444 Brazil2
34,572 Israel2
5,630 Northern Ireland2
8,181 Botswana1
6,820 Angola1
1,176 Antigua and Barbuda1
10,190 Bahrain1
24,771 Colombia1
4,249 Cambodia1
1,879 Belize1
2,037 Cayman Islands1
7,110 Bosnia1
13,606 Senegal1
26,040 Trinidad and Tobago1
510 East Timor1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
8,268 Mauritius1
971 Seychelles1
21,562 Portugal1
66,560 Philippines1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
5,872 Namibia1
5,916 Mozambique1
11,831 Tajikistan1
9,498 Iceland1
20,172 Hungary1
5,467 Haiti1
42,479 Greece1
2,715 Gabon1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
3,350 Fiji1
36,814 Romania1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
41,360 Netherlands49
4,813 Hong Kong47
17,488 Norway39
37,591 Belgium37
227,902 Russia37
15,412 Denmark34
119,358 Ukraine32
18,889 New Zealand26
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
29,027 Spain87
56,973 South Africa73
6,104 Wales56
19,965 Switzerland54
8,843 Scotland53
Countries with hundreds of Zakaria:
7,382 Kenya706
13,698 France686
5,446 Cameroon595
11,426 England543
3,645 Zimbabwe526
55,639 India522
20,699 Germany504
490 Qatar447
873 Kuwait418
1,164 Singapore384
10,676 Canada368
4,235 Tunisia363
2,264 Burkina Faso354
191 Brunei219
2,286 Oman217
40,848 Italy202
13,612 Kazakhstan195
15,306 Australia175
31,070 Turkey140
7,185 Sweden131
Countries with thousands of Zakaria:
226 Niger9,817
566 Algeria9,193
523 Saudi Arabia6,811
575 Ghana6,710
628 Yemen5,970
562 Syria5,585
928 Iraq4,558
403 Jordan2,312
6,358 Iran1,535
724 United Arab Emirates1,407
714 Lebanon1,087
27,816 United States1,087
Countries with ten thousands of Zakaria:
304 Bangladesh61,877
67 Malaysia61,365
146 Sudan27,835
555 Indonesia27,226
286 Tanzania19,543
125 Morocco19,063
870 Pakistan18,230
Countries with hundred thousands of Zakaria:
121 Egypt117,365
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Zakaria Namesakes

  • Maryam Zakaria, Actress
  • Arif Zakaria, Actor
  • Arshad Zakaria, Fareed Zakaria's brother
  • Mohd Nizar Zakaria, Politician
  • Arif Zakaria, Actor
  • Michel Der Zakarian, Football team manager
  • Eszter Zakariás, Actress
  • Geoffrey Zakarian, Chef
  • Fareed Zakaria, Journalist
  • Rafiq Zakaria, Indian Politician
  • Amir Zakaria portrayed small character of Çorumlu Amir in 2018 comedy movie Vallahi Hortladi.
  • In 2013, Mukit Zakaria portrayed the role of Mukit Mithu in comedy, drama movie Piprabidya.

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