Find out how popular the last name Zack is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Zack.

Zack, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Zack surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Zack in America

Zack is the 7983rd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Zack surname appeared 4,141 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Zack.

We can also compare 2010 data for Zack to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Zack

The surname Zack has its origins in Germany, dating back to the Middle Ages. It is believed to have derived from the Germanic personal name Zacharias, which itself comes from the Hebrew name Zechariah, meaning "the Lord has remembered."

In its earliest recorded forms, the name appeared as Zach, Zache, and Zacher in various German regions during the 13th and 14th centuries. These spellings likely evolved from the shortened form Zach, which was a common nickname for Zacharias.

One of the earliest known references to the name can be found in the Codex Diplomaticus Saxoniae, a collection of medieval documents from Saxony, where a certain "Conradus dictus Zache" is mentioned in a record from 1288.

The name Zack also has a connection to several place names in Germany, such as Zackenberg and Zackenzin, which may have influenced its spread and variations in spelling.

Notable historical figures bearing the Zack surname include Johann Zack (1640-1707), a German composer and organist from Nuremberg, and Johann Friedrich Zack (1698-1753), a German botanist and physician who studied the flora of the Harz Mountains.

Another prominent individual was Karl Friedrich Zach (1770-1846), a German-Hungarian astronomer and geodesist, who made significant contributions to the field of astronomy and was a pioneer in the study of minor planets.

In the 19th century, Johann Baptist Zack (1805-1870) was a German historian and archivist from Bavaria, known for his works on the history of the region and its noble families.

Lastly, Adolph Zack (1843-1918) was a German-American industrialist and businessman who founded the Zack Iron and Steel Company in Los Angeles, which played a crucial role in the city's early industrial development.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Zack

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Zack.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Zack was:

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.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Zack has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Zack was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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