Mahzu Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Mahzu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 18 | 1:9,841,264 | 197,192 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Mahzu (88) may also be a first name.
Mahzu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mahzu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mahzu is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mahzu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mahzu is the 4,427,875th most commonly held last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Mahzu live; 90 percent live in West Africa and 90 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,017,994th most frequently occurring first name world-wide It is held by 88 people.
Mahzu is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 18 people, or 1 in 9,841,264. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Zamfara, where 56 percent reside, Lagos, where 11 percent reside and Enugu, where 6 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria Mahzu occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 5 percent reside and Malaysia, where 5 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 Mahzu
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