Marhazu Surname

868,551st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 312 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Marhazu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Marhazu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3121:567,76527,529

Marhazu (173) may also be a first name.

Marhazu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Marhazu is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Marhazu.

How Common Is The Last Name Marhazu? popularity and diffusion

It is the 868,551st most frequently used last name internationally, held by around 1 in 23,357,519 people. The last name Marhazu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Marhazu live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Marhazu is also the 694,534th most frequently held first name world-wide, borne by 173 people.

The surname Marhazu is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 312 people, or 1 in 567,765. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Zamfara, where 73 percent live, Sokoto, where 23 percent live and Yobe, where 2 percent live.

Marhazu Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is chiefly Muslim (100%) in Nigeria.

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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 Marhazu
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