Mahazu Surname
Approximately 1,356 people bear this surname
Mahazu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,043 | 1:169,840 | 10,531 |
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| Zimbabwe | 30 | 1:514,608 | 41,883 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Mahazu (562) may also be a first name.
Mahazu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mahazu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mahazu occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mahazu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 283,967th most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,374,296 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mahazu are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Mahazu is also the 354,413th most frequently used first name world-wide, held by 562 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,043 people, or 1 in 169,840. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Zamfara, where 22 percent live, Kano, where 9 percent live and Sokoto, where 9 percent live. Not including Nigeria this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Ghana, where 20 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 2 percent live.
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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 Mahazu
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