Zaanu Surname
Approximately 388 people bear this surname
Zaanu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 387 | 1:457,733 | 23,307 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Zaanu (408) may also be a first name.
Zaanu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zaanu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Zaanu occurs most in Nigeria. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zaanu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 742,570th most common family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 18,782,335 people. The surname Zaanu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Zaanu are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 426,776th most commonly held forename world-wide, borne by 408 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 387 people, or 1 in 457,733. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Sokoto, where 70 percent reside, Zamfara, where 25 percent reside and Ogun, where 3 percent reside. Beside Nigeria it occurs in one country. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 0 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 Zaanu
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