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
Zaanu is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Zaanu.
How Common Is The Last Name Zaanu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 742,570th most frequently held last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 18,782,335 people. The last name Zaanu occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Zaanu live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Zaanu is also the 426,776th most widespread forename throughout the world. It is borne by 408 people.
The surname Zaanu is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 387 people, or 1 in 457,733. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Sokoto, where 70 percent are found, Zamfara, where 25 percent are found and Ogun, where 3 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 0 percent are found.
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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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