Zaafan Surname
Approximately 1,514 people bear this surname
Zaafan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 1,220 | 1:75,357 | 6,848 |
| Yemen | 284 | 1:93,047 | 5,806 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
Zaafan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zaafan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Zaafan occurs most in Egypt. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Zaafan? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 259,625th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 4,813,439 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 81 percent of Zaafan live; 81 percent live in North Africa and 81 percent live in Arabic North Africa.
It is most frequently held in Egypt, where it is held by 1,220 people, or 1 in 75,357. Beside Egypt this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Yemen, where 19 percent reside and Qatar, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Zaafan
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