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
The surname Mahazu is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mahazu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 283,967th most frequently occurring family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,374,296 people. Mahazu is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mahazu reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Mahazu is also the 354,413th most common first name throughout the world It is held by 562 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,043 people, or 1 in 169,840. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Zamfara, where 22 percent live, Kano, where 9 percent live and Sokoto, where 9 percent live. Excluding Nigeria it exists in 5 countries. It also occurs 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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