Nzu Surname

1,755,741st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 109 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nzu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Nzu 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
Nigeria911:1,946,62468,955
Cameroon51:4,153,814129,697
Taiwan41:5,861,18633,577
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Nzu (18) may also be a first name.

Nzu Last Name Facts

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

Nzu is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nzu? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,755,741st most commonly held surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 66,858,219 people. The surname Nzu is primarily found in Africa, where 91 percent of Nzu live; 83 percent live in West Africa and 83 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nzu is also the 2,608,198th most commonly used forename throughout the world. It is borne by 18 people.

This last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 91 people, or 1 in 1,946,624. In Nigeria it is most common in: Enugu, where 37 percent live, Delta, where 30 percent live and Lagos, where 8 percent live. Besides Nigeria it is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 5 percent live and Taiwan, where 4 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
Nzau8657,964/
Nzou863,145/
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Nzuu86117/
Nzuh8678/
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Ndzu8611/
Nzup863/
Nzzu862/
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Nnzu862/
Nhzu861/
Nzuz861/
Nzut861/
Nzhu861/
Nszu861/
Njzu861/
Ndzou7543/
N'Zau7522/
Ndzau7512/
N'Zou7510/
Nzahu759/
Ndzui755/
Ndzuu754/
Nzeuh753/
Nzoup752/
Nzeus751/
Nzouh751/
Nzeue751/
Nzuua751/
Ntzou751/
Ndzeu751/
Ndzuh751/
Nzuid751/
Nzuij751/
Nziua751/
Nsu672,045/
Nju67707/
Nxu67120/
Ncu6721/
Nzauth6710/
Nrzhau674/
Nzouhe671/
Nzeuhe671/
Nzó671/
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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 Nzu
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