The Zacher surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,579 people carried this name — #17,745 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 185,200 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (1,576).
In Poland’s population register
220 people named Zacher have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 262 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 9 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 78 people named Zacher live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Córdoba.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 71 people named Zacher.
5 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
31 people named Zacher live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Zacher,
with a public archive behind them.
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Julius Zacher 1816–1887 · writer -
Magdalena Zacher d. 1681
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Hartmut Zacher d. 2021
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Johann Balthasar Zacher 1689–
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Maximilian Zacher 1694–1770 · musical instrument maker
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Alexander Zacher 1814–1889 · farmer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Zacher.
- 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
- Zachary 6,724 · 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
- Zahir 635 · U.S. census
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