Zaccai

surname · Latin script

Meaning: The name Zaccai, meaning 'pure' or 'innocent', reflects the spiritual theme of purity and restoration that was central to the post-exilic community's efforts to rebuild the temple and sanctify themsel (Biblical Names Compiled Database)

(measured from records)Officially recorded in 6 countries · latest register: Familienaam.be, 2008

/θaskai/(machine-generated) Spanish · model-generated

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Zaccai is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

  • ITItaly≈1 in 1.3M(inferred from the name graph)
  • BEBelgium1 in 2M
  • ARArgentina1 in 2.1M

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (inferred from the name graph)

≈44 people, est.

Record sources
47 (measured from records)

corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling

strongest: highest-authority source

≈1 in 1.3M (inferred from the name graph)

Italy, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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How to pronounce Zaccai

  • Spanish:/θaskai/(machine-generated) model-generated
  • Portuguese:/zɐkkaj/(machine-generated) model-generated

Readings marked model-generated were transcribed by a model; the others are quoted from the dictionary named.

Meaning & origin

(measured from records)

The name Zaccai, meaning 'pure' or 'innocent', reflects the spiritual theme of purity and restoration that was central to the post-exilic community's efforts to rebuild the temple and sanctify themselves. The return of his descendants is seen as a testament to God's faithfulness in preserving a remnant of His people through the exile.

Cited for this meaning 1

  • Biblical Names Compiled Database

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Where the surname Zaccai is found

(measured from records)

Zaccai counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Zaccai is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States≈44 est.≈1 in 7.8M85Zaccai47
IT Italy≈44 est.≈1 in 1.3Mlisted—2
AR Argentina221 in 2.1M22——
AU Australia≈6 est.≈1 in 4.5M—Zaccai5
BE Belgium61 in 2M6Zaccai4

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); the xinhua-italian-manual register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way

(inferred from the name graph)

Zaccai is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Croatian surname7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Croatia

    Also written Zaccaï

27 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses

(measured from records)

Zaccai is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • Zaccai is a Hebrew name meaning 'pure' or 'innocent'. In the Bible, he was the ancestor of a large family that was part of the historic return to Jerusalem after the Babylonian exile, playing a role in rebuilding the nation.

    as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database

  • The name Zaccai comes from the Hebrew word 'zakak', meaning "to be pure," and the name itself means "pure" or "innocent". It is the Hebrew origin for the New Testament name Zacchaeus.

    as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database

  • Sao Paulo, Cairo

    as a nameDicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,…

  • In English, Biblical name

    as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name

(measured from records)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them

(machine-generated)
FormalDear Mr Zaccai,
InformalHi Zaccai,

Evidence

(measured from records)

11 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 6 countries.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Zaccai mean, and where does it come from?
The name Zaccai, meaning 'pure' or 'innocent', reflects the spiritual theme of purity and restoration that was central to the post-exilic community's efforts to rebuild the temple and sanctify themsel… Recorded by Biblical Names Compiled Database.
What are other forms of the name Zaccai?
In the etymology graph, Zakchaios is a form of the same name in other languages.
How do you pronounce Zaccai?
It depends on the language: in Spanish /θaskai/; in Portuguese /zɐkkaj/. Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.
Which countries have the most people with the surname Zaccai?
Mondonomo estimates about 44 people named Zaccai in the United States, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled zaccai. After it come Italy, Argentina, Australia and Belgium; the country table on this page ranks them.
How common is the name Zaccai?
In Argentina, the national register counted 22 people named Zaccai, about 1 in 2.1 million residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Zaccai”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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