Zaaya Surname
Approximately 161 people bear this surname
Zaaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 157 | 1:1,128,298 | 46,367 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
Zaaya (13) may also be a first name.
Zaaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zaaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Zaaya occurs most in Nigeria. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Zaaya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zaaya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,369,340th most commonly used last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 45,264,260 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Zaaya are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most commonly held first name worldwide, borne by 13 people.
The last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 157 people, or 1 in 1,128,298. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Benue, where 97 percent live, Enugu, where 1 percent live and Kaduna, where 1 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 2 percent live and The Maldives, where 1 percent live.
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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 Zaaya
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