Zr

surname · Latin script

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

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

rarermore common
  • MAMorocco≈1 in 15K(inferred from the name graph)
  • LYLibya≈1 in 16K
  • TNTunisia≈1 in 18K

carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Morocco (inferred from the name graph)

≈2,400 people, est.

Sources
13 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 15K (inferred from the name graph)

Morocco, est.

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)

Zr 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 Zr is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
MA Morocco#855≈2,400 est.≈1 in 15KZr13
DZ Algeria—≈1,900 est.≈1 in 23KZr11
TN Tunisia—≈670 est.≈1 in 18KZr7
MY Malaysia—≈460 est.≈1 in 70KZr5
LY Libya—≈430 est.≈1 in 16KZr4
SY Syria—≈390 est.≈1 in 50KZr7

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.

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)

Zr is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Mexico, Peru, Colombia, Spain

    Also written Z'R, Z-R, Ż'Ř

  • English surname18 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Germany, Malaysia, Peru

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Z-R, Z'R, Zř, Żř, Žr

  • French surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Morocco

    Also written Z-R, Z'R, Žŕ, Žř

  • Indonesian surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia, Malaysia, Morocco, China

    Also written Žŗ, Žř, Zŕ

  • Portuguese surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil, Peru, India, United States

    Also written Źř

  • Hebrew surname12 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Israel, United States, Romania, Iran

    Also written זר, Ozer, Zar, זאר, Özer

37 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)

Zr is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • Chemical symbol for zirconium.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In egy, ram (male sheep)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Croatian, kem. simbol za element cirkonij

    as a wordHrvatski jezični portal (HJP) dictionary export

  • In Latvian, Ziemeļrietumi; ziemeļrietumu-; ziemeļrietumos

    as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

  • In Latvian, Cirkonijs (ķīm. elements)

    as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

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.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Zr under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

In which country does Zr have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 2.4 thousand people named Zr in Morocco, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled zr.
How common is the name Zr?
Mondonomo estimates about 2,400 people in Morocco have Zr as their first surname, about 1 in 15 thousand residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.
How common is Zr compared with other names?
In Morocco, Zr is the 855th most common surname of 211,124 surnames recorded there.

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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, “Zr” — the 855th most common surname in Morocco. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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