The Zahir surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 635 people carried this name — #35,447 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 454,500 people counted. That is up 56% from 408 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 108 people named Zahir 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 Antwerp.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 59 people named Zahir.
Most of them — 44 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 départements, most often Vaucluse.
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
49 people named Zahir live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 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.
In the Nordic population registers
92 people named Zahir is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Zahir,
with a public archive behind them.
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Abdul Zahir 1910–1982 · politician -
Agustin de Legazpi d. 1588
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Khalida Zahir 1926–2015 · physician
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Khalida Zahir 1927–2015 · physician
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Ahmad Zahir 1946–1979 · composer
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Naseer Zahir 1979– · athletics competitor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Zahir.
When the index is not enough
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