Zidar
surname · Latin script
Meaning: mason
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/zidɑɹ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Zidar is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Slovenia than in any other country.
- HRCroatia1 in 12K(measured from records)
- SISlovenia1 in 2.8K
- RSSerbia≈1 in 186K
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.
- Slovenia (measured from records)
- Sources
- 35 (measured from records)
- 1 in 2.8K (inferred from the name graph)
748 people
Highest-authority source
Slovenia
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
mason
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Zidar 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SI Slovenia | #239 | 748 | 1 in 2.8K | 748 | Zidar | 31 |
| HR Croatia | — | 348 | 1 in 12K | 348 | Zidar | 35 |
| US United States | — | 229 | 1 in 1.5M | 229 | Zidar | 19 |
| RS Serbia | — | ≈38 est. | ≈1 in 186K | — | Zidar | 4 |
| AR Argentina | — | 27 | 1 in 1.7M | 27 | — | — |
| SE Sweden | — | ≈27 est. | ≈1 in 376K | — | Zidar | 6 |
| EE Estonia | — | ≈2 est. | ≈1 in 701K | listed | — | 2 |
748 people counted by stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank). 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: DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national). 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)
Zidar 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.
In Slovenian, a surname originating as an occupation
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Romanian, mason, bricklayer
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Romanian, ZIDÁR, zidari, s. m. Muncitor specializat în executarea lucrărilor de construcție din zidărie1 sau din mortar, precum și de finisare a betonului după turnare.
as a wordDEX online (dexonline.ro) - DEX '96 / DEX '98 definitions with etymology
In Basque, "Cidarum, untzia, zidar untzia, [...] untzi mota bat " Urt V 25.
as a wordOrotariko Euskal Hiztegia (OEH) — General/Historical Basque Dictionary, Euskaltzaindia
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)
- Jože Zidarb. 1927SIski jumper and journalist (1927-2012)
- Milovan Zidarb. 1931SISlovenian politician
- Pavle Zidarb. 1932SISlovene writer
- Judita Zidarb. 1960SISlovenian actress
- Peter Zidarb. 1968SISlovenian businessman/writer
- Andraž Zidarb. 1971SIjurist
- Nina Zidar Klemenčičb. 1978SISlovene lawyer
- Alenka Zidarb. 1982SISlovene figure skater
- Andreja ZidarSIresearcher
- Janez ZidarSISlovenian researcher
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 17 sources across 9 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SI Slovenia | stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank) | — | 748 | #290 |
| HR Croatia | DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form) | 2021 | 348 | #2,233 |
| HR Croatia | DZS — Učestalost prezimena (Popis 2021) | 2021 | 331 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 229 | #82,317 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 202 | #96,572 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 194 | #88,825 |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 27 | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
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
- What does the name Zidar mean, and where does it come from?
- mason Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Zidar?
- A machine transcription gives /zidɑɹ/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Zidar have the most bearers?
- In Slovenia, the national register counted about 748 people named Zidar, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled zidar.
- Where is Zidar most common?
- Zidar is densest in Slovenia, where the national register counts about 1 in 2.8 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Zidar?
- In Slovenia, the national register counted 748 people named Zidar, about 1 in 2.8 thousand residents.
- How common is Zidar compared with other names?
- In Slovenia, Zidar is the 239th most common surname of 13,062 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Zidar?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/zidarThe 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, “Zidar” — the 239th most common surname in Slovenia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.