Zerah is used as a family name or surname in many languages. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Zerah
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Unknown
Meaning: Quite common among Jews of North Africa is a biblical name borne by one of the son of Reuel (Genesis 36:13), but especially by one of the twins that Judah had with her daughter Tamar ( 1 Chronicles 2: 4), the origin of the tribe of the Zarhites. Meaning: shine, glow (Hebrew Zerah).

How popular is Zerah?

Zerah is ranked 290950 on our list.

Zerah is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in France. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Israel. Around 1037 people have been found who wears Zerah as their family name. Zerah have bearers in many countries around the world. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
280,667 Canada5
19,452 Malaysia3
1,500,361 India2
50,640 Switzerland2
810,193 Indonesia1
66,560 Philippines1
56,169 Mexico1
169,904 Brazil1
10,190 Bahrain1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
155,219 England16
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
36,742 Tanzania97
251,080 United States68
Countries with hundreds of Zerah:
13,698 France686
7,135 Israel153

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