The Zachary surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,724 people carried this name — #5,198 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 43,900 people counted. That is up 5% from 6,428 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 74 people named Zachary live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Luxembourg Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
73 people named Zachary have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 89 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 6 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Lower Silesian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 50 people named Zachary.
2 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Moselle.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In print
Zachary in American newspapers,
1848–1924.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 52,333 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Zachary,
with a public archive behind them.
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Tom Zachary 1896–1969 · baseball player
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Vonette Zachary Bright 1926–2015 -
Dwayne Zachary d. 2005
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Michael Mucklow Zachary 1773–1837 · art collector
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Ted Zachary 1901– · assistant director
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Albert Zachary 1914–2006 · baseball player
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Zachary.
- Zabel 3,717 · U.S. census
- Zaborowski 1,393 · U.S. census
- Zaccaria 821 · U.S. census
- Zaccaro 473 · U.S. census
- Zacharias 3,805 · U.S. census
- Zacharie 205 · U.S. census
- Zacher 1,579 · U.S. census
- Zaepfel 186 · U.S. census
- Zafra 940 · U.S. census
- Zagar 803 · U.S. census
- Zago 197 · U.S. census
- Zagula 130 · U.S. census
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