The Zecca surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 677 people carried this name — #33,645 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 434,800 people counted. That is up 5% from 644 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Zecca surname
A surname transferred from the nickname.
Either from zecca (“tick”), a nickname of some sort, or from zecca (“mint”), a metonymic occupational surname for a minter.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Zecca» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 299 people named Zecca 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
101 people named Zecca live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 77 people named Zecca.
24 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Paris.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 30 people named Zecca 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 Hainaut.
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.
Who carried it
People named Zecca,
with a public archive behind them.
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Vincenzo Zecca 1832–1915 · writer -
Ferdinand Zecca 1864–1947 · screenwriter -
Smeraldo Zecca 1857–1925 · lawyer
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Louis Z. Rollini 1866–1951 · film director
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Adriano Zecca 1923–1983 · screenwriter
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Adriano Zecca 1923–1983 · screenwriter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Zecca.
- Zawada 774 · U.S. census
- Zawadzki 1,347 · U.S. census
- Zaza 280 · U.S. census
- Zbinden 421 · U.S. census
- Zborowski 289 · U.S. census
- Zebrowski 1,739 · U.S. census
- Zecchini 210 · U.S. census
- Zech 1,324 · U.S. census
- Zeh 1,540 · U.S. census
- Zehler 243 · U.S. census
- Zehner 2,350 · U.S. census
- Zehr 3,015 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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