Zau
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/zɐw/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Zau is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Angola than in any other country.
- AOAngola≈1 in 5.8K(inferred from the name graph)
- PTPortugal≈1 in 450K
- BRBrazil1 in 1.1M
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.
- Angola (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 29 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 5.8K (inferred from the name graph)
≈5,700 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Angola, est.
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.
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Zau 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AO Angola | #140 | ≈5,700 est. | ≈1 in 5.8K | — | Zau | 23 |
| BR Brazil | — | 198 | 1 in 1.1M | 198 | Zau | 29 |
| US United States | — | ≈85 est. | ≈1 in 3.9M | listed | Zau | 11 |
| PT Portugal | — | ≈23 est. | ≈1 in 450K | — | Zau | 15 |
| CO Colombia | — | ≈16 est. | ≈1 in 3.1M | — | Zau | 4 |
| NL Netherlands | — | 5 | 1 in 3.5M | 5 | — | 3 |
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: IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register; CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007). 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Zau is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
ISO 639-3 language code for Zangskari.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Japanese, Rōmaji transcription of ざう
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In nxg, kind of tree
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In Hausa, very hot
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In acn, chief
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In khi-kun, woman
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
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)
- Zhao Chengwanb. 1719not in their usual nameQing dynasty person CBDB = 63885
- Zhao Maozhangb. 1769not in their usual nameQing dynasty person CBDB = 82778
- Zhao Ziyongb. 1793not in their usual nameQing dynasty person CBDB = 82777
- Zhao Hanzhaob. 1862not in their usual nameRepublic of China person CBDB = 82779
- Zhao Hanzhaob. 1894not in their usual nameperson, CBDB ID = 367582
- Bak Man-biub. 1921GBnot in their usual nameHong Kong actor
- Chiu Shek Manb. 1946not in their usual nameHong Kong actor
- Chiu Sai Leongb. 1963not in their usual nameHong Kong voice actor
- Chiu Chung Manb. 1969not in their usual nameassociation football player
- Billy Chiub. 1985CNnot in their usual nameHong Kong social activist
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)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 12 sources across 8 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 198 | #37,106 |
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 5 | #79,232 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (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 Zau?
- A machine transcription gives /zɐw/ (IPA) for Portuguese.
- In which country does Zau have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 5.7 thousand people named Zau in Angola, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled zau.
- How common is the name Zau?
- In Brazil, the national register counted 198 people named Zau, about 1 in 1.1 million residents.
- How common is Zau compared with other names?
- In Angola, Zau is the 140th most common surname of 23,432 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Zau?
Nobody replies to these one by one, but what readers ask decides what these pages answer next.
Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/zauThe 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, “Zau” — the 140th most common surname in Angola. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.