Zahafe Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
Zahafe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 11 | 1:3,511,959 | 46,373 |
| Mauritania | 8 | 1:511,858 | 18,608 |
Zahafe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zahafe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Zahafe (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺰﺣﺎﻑ) is found in Algeria more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Zahafe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Zahafe is the 4,532,898th most widespread surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Zahafe reside; 58 percent reside in North Africa and 58 percent reside in Mahgreb.
This last name is most frequent in Algeria, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 3,511,959. Outside of Algeria this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Mauritania, where 42 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zahafe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zahafe in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺰﺣﺎﻑ | alzhaf | - |
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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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- 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 Zahafe
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