Amazulu Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Amazulu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Amazulu Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania61:8,823,60272,091
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Amazulu (11) may also be a first name.

Amazulu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Amazulu Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Amazulu occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Amazulu? popularity and diffusion

Amazulu is the 6,723,624th most numerous last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 88 percent of Amazulu are found; 75 percent are found in East Africa and 75 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Amazulu is also the 3,487,849th most prevalent given name on earth, borne by 11 people.

Amazulu is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 8,823,602. In Tanzania Amazulu is primarily found in: Mwanza Region, where 67 percent live, Iringa Region, where 17 percent live and Shinyanga Region, where 17 percent live. Not including Tanzania this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 13 percent live and The United States, where 13 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Emezulu7193/
Amasolu711/
Amosului678/
Ammojulu674/
Hamaşoğlu6349/
Amoshului639/
Amoshuluy632/
Omosulu5756/
Emesulu575/
Amassolou501/

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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 Amazulu
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