The Zara surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 691 people carried this name — #31,621 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 384,600 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 201 people named Zara.
82 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 25 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
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
81 people named Zara 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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Zara.
- Zanotti 673 · U.S. census
- Zanotto 161 · U.S. census
- Zapata 23,900 · U.S. census
- Zapp 885 · U.S. census
- Zappa 1,166 · U.S. census
- Zappia 1,103 · U.S. census
- Zaragoza 13,245 · U.S. census
- Zarate 14,000 · U.S. census
- Zarb 189 · U.S. census
- Zaremba 2,422 · U.S. census
- Zarka 191 · U.S. census
- Zaug 132 · U.S. census
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