Zarn

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/zɑɹn/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Zarn is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 1.3M(measured from records)
  • CHSwitzerland1 in 114K
  • THThailand≈1 in 172K

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.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈6,600 people, est.

Sources
153 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 114K (inferred from the name graph)

Switzerland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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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)

Zarn 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 Zarn is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China≈6,600 est.≈1 in 211K—Zarn1
TH Thailand≈400 est.≈1 in 172K—Zarn1
US United States2621 in 1.3M320Zarn153
NG Nigeria≈200 est.≈1 in 1.1M—Zarn1
CH Switzerland741 in 114K74Zarn12
CA Canada≈41 est.≈1 in 914K—Zarn29

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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; 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).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

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

  • Arabic surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Egypt

    Also written Žarn

26 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.

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Zarn,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 9 sources across 4 countries.

Official registers attesting Zarn
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020320#66,670
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000313#60,230
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010262#73,911
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)202474#13,920
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 2

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

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

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Zarn?
A machine transcription gives /zɑɹn/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Zarn have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 6.6 thousand people named Zarn in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled zarn.
Where is Zarn most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Zarn is densest in Switzerland — about 1 in 114 thousand people — even though China holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Zarn?
In the United States, the national register counted 262 people named Zarn in 2010, about 1 in 1.3 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, “Zarn”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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