Nzah Surname

2,843,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Nzah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Nzah Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon311:669,97049,334
Nigeria101:17,714,276277,641
Ivory Coast51:4,614,24651,139
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869

Nzah Last Name Facts

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

Nzah (Arabic: نزاح, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻧﺰﺍﻩ) is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Nzah? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,843,861st most numerous surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 155,054,168 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nzah are found; 66 percent are found in Central Africa and 45 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.

This last name is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is held by 31 people, or 1 in 669,970. In Cameroon Nzah is primarily concentrated in: Southwest Region, where 32 percent live, Adamawa Region, where 26 percent live and West Region, where 26 percent live. Without taking into account Cameroon it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 21 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 11 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ndzah8931/
N'Zah8918/
Nzaha8914/
Nzahu899/
Nzaah894/
Nzaih892/
Hnzah891/
Nza86919/
N'Zaha8039/
Nziaha8034/
Nzahaa804/
Ndzeah803/
Nzaaah801/
Ndzaha801/
Nzhaha801/
Nzau7557,964/
Nzai758,806/
Ndza75402/
Nzay75326/
Nzea75286/
Nzoh75286/
N'Za75203/
Nzaa7551/
Nzaj7527/
Nzha752/
Hnza751/
Ntza751/
Nzho751/
Nnza751/
Ntsah67273/
N'Zoh6757/
Ndzoh6739/
Hënza6734/
N'Zai6732/
Nzeih6728/
Ncaha6726/
N'Zau6722/
Nzooh6716/
Ndzai6714/
Ndzau6712/
N'Zho675/
Nzeuh673/
Hnzai672/
Ndzaa671/
Ndzea671/
Nzouh671/
N'Zaa671/
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Nzah Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nzah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻧﺰﺍﻩanzah-
Nzah in the Arabic language
نزاحnzah-

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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 Nzah
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