Zerna

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

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

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

rarermore common
  • PHPhilippines≈1 in 24K(inferred from the name graph)
  • BOBolivia≈1 in 20K
  • PAPanama≈1 in 128K

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.

Philippines (inferred from the name graph)

≈4,500 people, est.

Sources
80 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 20K (inferred from the name graph)

Bolivia, 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)

Zerna 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 Zerna is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PH Philippines≈4,500 est.≈1 in 24K—Zerna43
ID Indonesia≈1,900 est.≈1 in 139K—Zerna7
BO Bolivia≈570 est.≈1 in 20K—Zerna22
DE Germany≈180 est.≈1 in 436K—Zerna43
US United States1361 in 2.4M138Zerna80
PY Paraguay≈40 est.≈1 in 179K—Zerna7
PA Panama≈30 est.≈1 in 128K—Zerna9

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. 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)

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

  • Hebrew given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Israel, Philippines, Lebanon, Romania

    Also written זרנה

33 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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

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)

FormalDear Zerna,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 16 sources across 10 countries.

Official registers attesting Zerna
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020138#129,045
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010136#126,018
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 Zerna?
A machine transcription gives /zɝnə/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Zerna have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 4.5 thousand people named Zerna in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled zerna.
How common is the name Zerna?
In the United States, the national register counted 136 people named Zerna in 2010, about 1 in 2.4 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, “Zerna”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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