Mazu Surname
Approximately 2,953 people bear this surname
Mazu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 1,320 | 1:55,969 | 6,703 |
| Nigeria | 731 | 1:242,329 | 14,058 |
| Bangladesh | 360 | 1:442,658 | 11,259 |
| India | 118 | 1:6,500,554 | 147,901 |
| Benin | 91 | 1:113,578 | 12,648 |
| Chile | 60 | 1:293,608 | 8,514 |
| Uganda | 33 | 1:1,183,008 | 47,935 |
| Indonesia | 32 | 1:4,132,787 | 209,071 |
| Cameroon | 26 | 1:798,810 | 55,510 |
| Argentina | 23 | 1:1,858,409 | 95,340 |
| France | 17 | 1:3,907,219 | 231,005 |
| United States | 16 | 1:22,653,683 | 662,747 |
| Zimbabwe | 15 | 1:1,029,216 | 63,831 |
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| Mexico | 12 | 1:10,343,850 | 40,270 |
| Peru | 12 | 1:2,648,677 | 28,015 |
| Colombia | 11 | 1:4,343,097 | 17,306 |
| Canada | 8 | 1:4,605,699 | 220,704 |
| Taiwan | 7 | 1:3,349,249 | 20,155 |
| Liberia | 7 | 1:629,791 | 27,063 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
The alternate forms: Mazú (10) are calculated separately.
Mazu (817) may also be a first name.
Mazu Demographics
Mazu Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Mazu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mazu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mazu (Bengali: মাঝু, Hindi: मज्जू, Russian: Мазу) is found in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant: Mazú. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mazu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 149,578th most frequently used last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 2,467,845 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 75 percent of Mazu are found; 46 percent are found in Central Africa and 46 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Mazu is also the 285,953rd most commonly occurring first name at a global level. It is borne by 817 people.
The surname is most common in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 1,320 people, or 1 in 55,969. Other than The DR Congo this surname occurs in 40 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 25 percent reside and Bangladesh, where 12 percent reside.
Mazu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is chiefly Muslim (91%) in Nigeria.
The amount Mazu earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 9.03% more than the national average, earning S/. 21,136 per year; in Colombia they earn 16.8% less than the national average, earning $18,888,600 COP per year; in United States they earn 53.11% less than the national average, earning $20,232 USD per year and in Canada they earn 21.92% less than the national average, earning $38,792 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mazu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mazu in the Bengali language | ||
| মাঝু | majhu | 66.67 |
| মাজু | maju | 33.33 |
| Mazu in the Hindi language | ||
| मज्जू | majju | 50 |
| मज़ू | mazu | 50 |
| Mazu in the Russian language | ||
| Мазу | mazu | - |
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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 Mazu
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