The Zamora surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 61,729 people carried this name — #540 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 4,780 people counted. That is up 35% from 45,806 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 13,605 people named Zamora 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 Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
683 people named Zamora have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 763 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 13 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 585 people named Zamora.
240 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 46 départements, most often Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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
172 people named Zamora live in Switzerland.
They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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
65 people named Zamora 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).
In print
Zamora in American newspapers,
1920–1962.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 20,304 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Zamora,
with a public archive behind them.
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Antonio de Zamora 1660–1727 · writer -
Leocadia Zamora 1819–1891 · socialite -
Eduardo Zamora y Caballero 1837–1899 · writer -
Luis Zamora Carrete 1848–1918 · jurist -
Rafael Zamora y Pérez de Urría 1861–1907 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 209 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Zamora.
- Zambelli 353 · U.S. census
- Zambetti 234 · U.S. census
- Zambon 353 · U.S. census
- Zamboni 341 · U.S. census
- Zammit 830 · U.S. census
- Zamor 811 · U.S. census
- Zampa 135 · U.S. census
- Zampieri 180 · U.S. census
- Zana 174 · U.S. census
- Zanardi 264 · U.S. census
- Zanatta 158 · U.S. census
- Zanca 389 · U.S. census
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