Zacharah Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Zacharah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zacharah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria131:13,626,366237,812
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Zacharah (36) may also be a first name.

Zacharah Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Zacharah Come From? nationality or country of origin

Zacharah is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Zacharah click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Zacharah? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,057,639th most widespread family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Zacharah are found; 87 percent are found in West Africa and 87 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,717,090th most commonly held first name worldwide. It is borne by 36 people.

The last name is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 13 people, or 1 in 13,626,366. In Nigeria Zacharah is mostly concentrated in: Borno, where 54 percent live, Ondo, where 23 percent live and Kaduna, where 8 percent live. Not including Nigeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 7 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 7 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 Zacharah
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