In this section we'll look at the most popular Asian and Pacific Islander last names beginning with Z in the United States. These names are people who self-identified as "Asian and Pacific Islander" in the Decennial Census survey.
Currently, the most popular Asian and Pacific Islander last name beginning with Z in America is Zhang, with a total count of 70,125 people who have the surname. The surname Zhang occurs roughly 23 times per 100,000 people in the U.S.
The table below shows the most common surnames starting with Z with statistics on the heritage and ancestry of those with the surname.
This list has been compiled using the most recent Census data and we have included only names where at least 60% of people with the name self-identified as "Asian and Pacific Islander".
Click any of the names in the table below to find out more about the origin, meaning, and ancestry of each last name.
| Rank | Name | Count | White | Black | API | AIAN | 2+ Races | Hispanic |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 472 | Zhang | 70,125 | 0.99% | 0.16% | 98.06% | 0.02% | 0.62% | 0.15% |
| 1409 | Zheng | 25,242 | 0.74% | (S) | 98.02% | (S) | 0.92% | 0.20% |
| 1532 | Zhou | 23,437 | 0.98% | 0.18% | 98.20% | (S) | 0.51% | (S) |
| 1613 | Zhao | 22,301 | 0.96% | 0.13% | 98.11% | 0.02% | 0.52% | 0.26% |
| 1694 | Zhu | 21,265 | 0.88% | (S) | 98.23% | (S) | 0.58% | 0.16% |
| 4662 | Zeng | 7,605 | 1.43% | (S) | 97.48% | (S) | 0.72% | 0.21% |
| 6754 | Zhong | 4,991 | 1.12% | (S) | 97.98% | (S) | 0.54% | 0.24% |
| 7408 | Zou | 4,493 | 1.09% | 0.42% | 97.69% | (S) | 0.45% | (S) |
| 8865 | Zaman | 3,694 | 9.42% | 0.97% | 84.52% | 0.35% | 3.90% | 0.84% |
| 8941 | Zhen | 3,661 | 0.57% | (S) | 98.63% | (S) | 0.46% | 0.27% |
| 11122 | Zaidi | 2,851 | 7.02% | 0.84% | 86.60% | 0.42% | 3.40% | 1.72% |
| 15692 | Zafar | 1,859 | 7.42% | (S) | 83.38% | (S) | 6.51% | 1.67% |
| 18317 | Zhuang | 1,513 | 0.93% | (S) | 98.02% | 0.00% | 0.93% | (S) |
| 18486 | Zia | 1,495 | 23.14% | (S) | 67.56% | (S) | 6.29% | 2.27% |
| 23120 | Zhan | 1,104 | 1.90% | 0.54% | 96.38% | 0.00% | 0.72% | 0.45% |
| 23283 | Zahid | 1,094 | 8.68% | (S) | 85.56% | (S) | 3.93% | 1.10% |
| 25849 | Zhuo | 952 | 0.00% | (S) | 98.32% | 0.00% | 1.05% | (S) |
| 27081 | Zapanta | 894 | 4.14% | (S) | 85.91% | (S) | 3.91% | 5.82% |
| 27974 | Zuo | 857 | 1.17% | 6.77% | 90.67% | (S) | 1.28% | (S) |
| 28465 | Zachariah | 838 | 22.91% | 3.22% | 69.21% | 0.60% | 2.74% | 1.31% |
| 29334 | Zhai | 806 | 1.49% | (S) | 96.77% | 0.00% | 1.24% | (S) |
| 35671 | Zubair | 630 | 5.56% | 6.67% | 79.68% | (S) | 5.40% | (S) |
| 36695 | Zaveri | 609 | 2.46% | (S) | 93.76% | (S) | 2.63% | 0.82% |
| 42378 | Zaheer | 512 | 8.40% | 2.34% | 82.23% | 0.00% | 5.47% | 1.56% |
| 46404 | Zaw | 459 | 3.05% | (S) | 95.21% | 0.00% | 1.09% | (S) |
| 46487 | Zong | 458 | 17.25% | 1.75% | 79.48% | (S) | 1.31% | (S) |
| 58337 | Zuberi | 348 | 12.07% | 8.33% | 74.14% | 0.00% | 4.02% | 1.44% |
| 59742 | Zin | 338 | 25.15% | 1.48% | 71.30% | (S) | (S) | 1.78% |
| 70833 | Zu | 276 | 5.07% | (S) | 91.30% | 0.00% | (S) | 1.81% |
| 71886 | Zablan | 271 | 9.23% | (S) | 60.89% | (S) | 19.19% | 9.59% |
| 74608 | Zhi | 259 | 1.93% | 0.00% | 96.91% | 0.00% | (S) | (S) |
| 80131 | Zeb | 237 | 19.83% | (S) | 67.51% | (S) | 5.06% | 5.06% |
| 81181 | Zulfiqar | 233 | 3.00% | 0.00% | 93.99% | 0.00% | (S) | (S) |
| 84463 | Zi | 222 | 15.77% | (S) | 80.18% | 0.00% | (S) | (S) |
| 85659 | Zala | 218 | 26.15% | (S) | 62.84% | (S) | 0.00% | 9.63% |
| 88020 | Zha | 211 | 3.79% | (S) | 94.79% | 0.00% | 0.00% | (S) |
| 90113 | Zakir | 205 | 11.71% | 4.39% | 72.20% | (S) | 8.78% | (S) |
| 91221 | Zing | 202 | 20.30% | 2.48% | 67.33% | (S) | (S) | 8.91% |
| 92358 | Zoleta | 199 | (S) | (S) | 79.90% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 18.59% |
| 98982 | Zehra | 183 | 6.56% | (S) | 87.98% | (S) | 2.73% | (S) |
| 108734 | Zahoor | 163 | 3.68% | (S) | 95.09% | 0.00% | 0.00% | (S) |
| 113791 | Zeeshan | 154 | (S) | 0.00% | 92.21% | 0.00% | 4.55% | (S) |
| 134712 | Zaide | 125 | 12.80% | (S) | 79.20% | 0.00% | (S) | 5.60% |
| 141140 | Zutshi | 118 | 5.93% | 0.00% | 93.22% | 0.00% | (S) | (S) |
| 142108 | Zukeran | 117 | (S) | 0.00% | 90.60% | 0.00% | 5.13% | (S) |
| 143149 | Ziauddin | 116 | 7.76% | (S) | 88.79% | (S) | (S) | 0.00% |
Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.
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