Zacharias Family History
Zacharias Name Meaning
German, Greek, English, etc.: from the New Testament Greek Biblical
personal name Zacharias, Aramaic and Hebrew Zecharya,
composed of the elements zechar ‘to remember’ + ya
‘God’. This name was borne by a Biblical prophet and in the New
Testament by the father of John the Baptist, for which reason it
achieved a modest popularity among Gentiles during the Middle
Ages. AB, pwh. ANCHOR NAME It is found as a Jewish name, and as a
personal name among Christians in India. In the U.S. it is used as a
last name among families from southern India.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Zacharias Families
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Scotland
Number of Zacharias families
 6 - 10  3 - 5 |
 1 - 2  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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