Alazu Surname
Approximately 240 people bear this surname
Alazu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 135 | 1:1,312,169 | 51,890 |
| DR Congo | 103 | 1:717,277 | 51,618 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
Alazu (23) may also be a first name.
Alazu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alazu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Alazu is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Alazu.
How Common Is The Last Name Alazu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,044,719th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 30,364,775 people. The surname Alazu is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Alazu are found; 56 percent are found in West Africa and 56 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,239,265th most commonly held first name on earth, borne by 23 people.
The surname Alazu is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 135 people, or 1 in 1,312,169. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Ebonyi, where 48 percent reside, Cross River, where 12 percent reside and Taraba, where 12 percent reside. Besides Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 43 percent reside and Cameroon, where 1 percent reside.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- 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 Alazu
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