Dzavai Surname
Approximately 642 people bear this surname
Dzavai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 605 | 1:34,329 | 4,624 |
| Nigeria | 37 | 1:4,787,642 | 126,894 |
Dzavai (527) may also be a first name.
Dzavai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dzavai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dzavai is most common in Cameroon. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dzavai? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 509,669th most widely held last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 11,351,318 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Dzavai live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 81 percent live in Chadic Africa. Dzavai is also the 367,549th most numerous first name in the world, held by 527 people.
Dzavai is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is held by 605 people, or 1 in 34,329. In Cameroon Dzavai is primarily found in: Far North Region, where 87 percent reside, North Region, where 7 percent reside and Centre Region, where 5 percent reside. Apart from Cameroon this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 6 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 Dzavai
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