Zaharah Surname
Approximately 780 people bear this surname
Zaharah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 517 | 1:255,801 | 23,252 |
| Malaysia | 222 | 1:132,857 | 8,559 |
| Pakistan | 19 | 1:9,402,310 | 46,838 |
| Uganda | 19 | 1:2,054,699 | 65,771 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Zaharah (25,504) may also be a first name.
Zaharah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zaharah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Zaharah (Arabic: زهريه, Marathi: जाहरा) occurs more in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zaharah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 439,223rd most frequently occurring family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,343,008 people. The last name Zaharah occurs predominantly in Asia, where 97 percent of Zaharah reside; 95 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 95 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Zaharah is also the 31,521st most frequently used first name at a global level, borne by 25,504 people.
The surname Zaharah is most frequent in Indonesia, where it is carried by 517 people, or 1 in 255,801. In Indonesia it is mostly found in: Riau, where 29 percent reside, Riau Islands, where 19 percent reside and North Sumatra, where 12 percent reside. Outside of Indonesia it occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 28 percent reside and Pakistan, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zaharah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zaharah in the Marathi language | ||
| जाहरा | jahara | - |
| Zaharah in the Arabic language | ||
| زهريه | zhryh | - |
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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 Zaharah
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