Zagwai Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Zagwai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 10 | 1:17,714,276 | 277,641 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
Zagwai (731) may also be a first name.
Zagwai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zagwai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Zagwai occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zagwai? popularity and diffusion
The last name Zagwai is the 5,587,209th most commonly occurring family name globally It is held by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Zagwai live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 83 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 304,836th most commonly used first name world-wide. It is borne by 731 people.
The surname Zagwai is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 17,714,276. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Federal Capital Territory, where 90 percent reside and Niger, where 10 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria Zagwai exists in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 17 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 Zagwai
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