Mazai Surname
Approximately 1,658 people bear this surname
Mazai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 799 | 1:19,322 | 2,871 |
| Ukraine | 489 | 1:93,093 | 13,362 |
| Nigeria | 62 | 1:2,857,141 | 90,271 |
| Brazil | 62 | 1:3,452,812 | 97,678 |
| Russia | 56 | 1:2,573,626 | 147,394 |
| Zambia | 34 | 1:466,174 | 21,520 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| India | 20 | 1:38,353,269 | 431,471 |
| Ivory Coast | 19 | 1:1,214,275 | 27,625 |
| Papua New Guinea | 16 | 1:509,607 | 63,542 |
| Tanzania | 10 | 1:5,294,161 | 57,086 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| Pakistan | 7 | 1:25,520,555 | 84,222 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Uzbekistan | 4 | 1:7,732,286 | 43,643 |
| Namibia | 4 | 1:602,350 | 12,421 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Iran | 3 | 1:25,594,175 | 224,183 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Mazai (271) may also be a first name.
Mazai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mazai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mazai (Marathi: मझाई) is held by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Mazai click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mazai? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mazai is the 241,088th most commonly occurring last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,395,384 people. Mazai occurs predominantly in Africa, where 57 percent of Mazai are found; 51 percent are found in Southern Africa and 51 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 540,009th most frequently held forename globally, borne by 271 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 799 people, or 1 in 19,322. In Zimbabwe it is primarily concentrated in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 32 percent live, Mashonaland East Province, where 29 percent live and Harare Province, where 21 percent live. Outside of Zimbabwe this surname exists in 35 countries. It is also common in Ukraine, where 29 percent live and Nigeria, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mazai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mazai in the Marathi language | ||
| मझाई | majha'i | - |
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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 Mazai
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