German and Czech: from the personal name Zach, a short
form of Zacharias. The Czech form is Zachariáš.German: nickname from Middle High German zach
‘tenacious’, ‘stubborn’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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