Dzua Surname
Approximately 260 people bear this surname
Dzua Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 167 | 1:1,060,735 | 44,297 |
| Kenya | 89 | 1:518,875 | 25,986 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
Dzua (23) may also be a first name.
Dzua Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dzua Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dzua is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Dzua.
How Common Is The Last Name Dzua? popularity and diffusion
The surname Dzua is the 988,329th most prevalent family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 28,029,023 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Dzua are found; 64 percent are found in West Africa and 64 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,239,265th most commonly held first name on earth. It is borne by 23 people.
The surname Dzua is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 167 people, or 1 in 1,060,735. In Nigeria Dzua is mostly found in: Benue, where 98 percent reside, Kaduna, where 1 percent reside and Nasarawa, where 1 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 34 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dzuah | 89 | 9 | / |
| Zua | 86 | 37,055 | / |
| Dzhuha | 80 | 295 | / |
| Dzuhas | 80 | 4 | / |
| Dzwa | 75 | 190 | / |
| Zhua | 75 | 39 | / |
| Dzba | 75 | 7 | / |
| Zuaa | 75 | 5 | / |
| Zwua | 75 | 3 | / |
| Zuea | 75 | 2 | / |
| Czua | 75 | 1 | / |
| Dxua | 75 | 1 | / |
| Dsua | 75 | 1 | / |
| Zzua | 75 | 1 | / |
| Tzua | 75 | 1 | / |
| Dzuo | 75 | 1 | / |
| Zuay | 75 | 0 | / |
| Dzhuhai | 73 | 23 | / |
| Dzhuhas | 73 | 6 | / |
| Dzuho | 67 | 15 | / |
| Zuaai | 67 | 4 | / |
| Zuahy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zuaha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dcuha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Czuha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Czuap | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dzwas | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zzuha | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Dzua
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