Zaba Surname
Approximately 8,464 people bear this surname
Zaba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 2,726 | 1:6,732 | 702 |
| DR Congo | 1,341 | 1:55,093 | 6,617 |
| Yemen | 1,250 | 1:21,140 | 2,207 |
| Zimbabwe | 585 | 1:26,390 | 4,053 |
| South Africa | 438 | 1:123,693 | 14,598 |
| Ivory Coast | 389 | 1:59,309 | 3,489 |
| Bangladesh | 360 | 1:442,658 | 11,259 |
| United States | 257 | 1:1,410,346 | 97,237 |
| Nigeria | 193 | 1:917,838 | 39,641 |
| France | 186 | 1:357,111 | 53,432 |
| Canada | 171 | 1:215,471 | 20,813 |
| Malaysia | 65 | 1:453,757 | 23,130 |
| Germany | 37 | 1:2,175,823 | 115,720 |
| Poland | 35 | 1:1,085,964 | 74,912 |
| Argentina | 35 | 1:1,221,240 | 71,984 |
| Brazil | 35 | 1:6,116,409 | 148,801 |
| Spain | 35 | 1:1,335,772 | 43,485 |
| England | 33 | 1:1,688,426 | 69,999 |
| Pakistan | 33 | 1:5,413,451 | 34,034 |
| United Arab Emirates | 30 | 1:305,409 | 20,323 |
| Niger | 25 | 1:767,681 | 17,983 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| India | 16 | 1:47,941,586 | 492,263 |
| Australia | 15 | 1:1,799,713 | 85,184 |
| Mexico | 13 | 1:9,548,170 | 38,962 |
| Switzerland | 13 | 1:631,763 | 43,230 |
| Afghanistan | 12 | 1:2,679,432 | 17,028 |
| Papua New Guinea | 11 | 1:741,247 | 83,447 |
| Indonesia | 11 | 1:12,022,654 | 410,938 |
| Peru | 8 | 1:3,973,015 | 32,693 |
| Austria | 8 | 1:1,064,429 | 75,134 |
| Congo | 7 | 1:712,728 | 15,723 |
| Iran | 7 | 1:10,968,932 | 186,522 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 1:5,629,059 | 132,535 |
| Serbia | 2 | 1:3,572,474 | 32,645 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Žaba (225), Żaba (20) & Žába (3) are calculated separately.
Zaba (5,604) may also be a first name.
Zaba Demographics
Average Zaba Salary in
United States
$48,229 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Zaba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zaba Come From? nationality or country of origin
Zaba (Arabic: عزباء, Hindi: जेबा, Russian: Заба, Tibetan: ཛཱ་བཱ་) occurs more in Burkina Faso more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as: Žaba, Żaba or Žába. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zaba? popularity and diffusion
Zaba is the 59,615th most frequently used family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 861,005 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 66 percent of Zaba reside; 38 percent reside in West Africa and 29 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 89,471st most widely held first name worldwide, borne by 5,604 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Burkina Faso, where it is held by 2,726 people, or 1 in 6,732. In Burkina Faso Zaba is mostly concentrated in: Nord Region, where 37 percent reside, Hauts-Bassins Region, where 17 percent reside and Boucle du Mouhoun Region, where 13 percent reside. Other than Burkina Faso Zaba exists in 70 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 16 percent reside and Yemen, where 15 percent reside.
Zaba Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Zaba has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Zaba last name increased 25,700 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 3,300 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Zaba Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Zaba surname is predominantly Muslim (89%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Zaba last name are 14.93% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 61.7% registered with the political party.
The amount Zaba earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 564.38% more than the national average, earning S/. 128,790 per year; in South Africa they earn 44.57% less than the national average, earning R 131,712 per year; in United States they earn 11.77% more than the national average, earning $48,229 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.78% more than the national average, earning $57,525 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zaba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zaba in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཛཱ་བཱ་ | dzaba | - |
| Zaba in the Hindi language | ||
| जेबा | jeba | 33.33 |
| जबा | jaba | 16.67 |
| जैबा | jaiba | 16.67 |
| ज़ैबा | zaiba | 16.67 |
| ज़बा | zaba | 8.33 |
| जबी | jabi | 8.33 |
| Zaba in the Russian language | ||
| Заба | zaba | - |
| Zaba in the Arabic language | ||
| عزباء | zba | - |
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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
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- 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 Zaba
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