Lizarus Surname

4,206,983rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Lizarus Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lizarus Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria211:8,435,369179,591
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

Lizarus (57) may also be a first name.

Lizarus Last Name Facts

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

Lizarus occurs most in Nigeria. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Lizarus? popularity and diffusion

Lizarus is the 4,206,983rd most commonly held surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. Lizarus is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Lizarus live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,308,380th most numerous first name on earth. It is borne by 57 people.

The surname Lizarus is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 21 people, or 1 in 8,435,369. In Nigeria Lizarus is most prevalent in: Kaduna, where 52 percent are found, Abia, where 14 percent are found and Lagos, where 10 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Laizarus933/
Lizzarus931/
Lizaru924/
Lezarus864/
Lizerus863/
Licarus862/
Lizorus861/
Luzarus861/
Leazarus801/
Lajzarus801/
Lisaru7779/
Licaros712,129/
Lisarud718/
Lizaroo712/
Lezaros711/
Lecarus711/
Lezerus711/
Lecharus679/
Lejarous671/
Letzaross630/
Licoru62527/
Lesaru624/
Lecaru621/
Lecaros575,812/
Licaroz57111/
Lăzăruț578/
Leșcaru574/
Lesarau571/
Lesaaru571/
Lecarros533/
L'Ecaros532/
Llecaros531/

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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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  • 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 Lizarus
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