Alaza Surname
Approximately 4,577 people bear this surname
Alaza Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 2,465 | 1:4,193 | 542 |
| Togo | 1,575 | 1:4,602 | 829 |
| Philippines | 214 | 1:473,076 | 56,884 |
| DR Congo | 150 | 1:492,530 | 39,325 |
| Nigeria | 85 | 1:2,084,032 | 72,421 |
| Malaysia | 32 | 1:921,695 | 41,854 |
| Niger | 18 | 1:1,066,223 | 23,213 |
| Turkey | 11 | 1:7,074,675 | 122,870 |
| Belgium | 9 | 1:1,277,405 | 87,318 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Iran | 3 | 1:25,594,175 | 224,183 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Alaza (3,263) may also be a first name.
Alaza Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alaza Come From? nationality or country of origin
Alaza (Arabic: العزا, Georgian: ალაზა, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻌﺰﻩ) is held by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Alaza? popularity and diffusion
It is the 102,846th most common family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,592,210 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of Alaza live; 91 percent live in West Africa and 90 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Alaza is also the 125,357th most widely held first name at a global level, held by 3,263 people.
The last name Alaza is most numerous in Benin, where it is held by 2,465 people, or 1 in 4,193. In Benin it is most numerous in: Donga Department, where 83 percent are found, Atakora Department, where 6 percent are found and Borgou Department, where 5 percent are found. Without taking into account Benin this last name occurs in 21 countries. It is also found in Togo, where 34 percent are found and The Philippines, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Alaza Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Alaza in the Georgian language | ||
| ალაზა | alaza | - |
| Alaza in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﻌﺰﻩ | alzh | - |
| Alaza in the Arabic language | ||
| العزا | alza | - |
| يلازا | ylaza | - |
| الظا | alza | - |
| الزا | alza | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Alaza
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