Zame
surname · Latin script
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 7 countries · latest register: BFS, 2024
/zeɪm/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Zame is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Switzerland than in any other country.
- CHSwitzerland1 in 1.1M(measured from records)
carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Switzerland (measured from records)
- Record sources
- 10 (measured from records)
- 1 in 1.1M (inferred from the name graph)
8 people, 2024
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Switzerland
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Zame 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CH Switzerland | 8 | 1 in 1.1M | 8 | — | — |
| MX Mexico | — | — | — | Zame | 7 |
| NG Nigeria | — | — | — | Zame | 1 |
| US United States | — | — | listed | Zame | 10 |
| CO Colombia | — | — | — | Zame | 3 |
| PE Peru | — | — | — | Zame | 5 |
8 people counted by BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames), 2024. 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: the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). 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).
How to address them
(machine-generated)Evidence
(measured from records)7 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 7 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 8 | #72,019 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Zame?
- A machine transcription gives /zeɪm/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Zame have the most bearers?
- In Switzerland, the national register counted about 8 people named Zame, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where is Zame most common?
- Zame is densest in Switzerland, where the national register counts about 1 in 1.1 million people carrying it.
- How common is the name Zame?
- In Switzerland, the national register counted 8 people named Zame in 2024, about 1 in 1.1 million residents.
What do you want to know about Zame?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/zameThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Zame”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.