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) is held by more people in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zaharah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Zaharah is the 439,223rd most frequently occurring surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 9,343,008 people. It 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. It is also the 31,521st most commonly used first name world-wide. It is borne by 25,504 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Indonesia, where it is held by 517 people, or 1 in 255,801. In Indonesia Zaharah is most frequent in: Riau, where 29 percent live, Riau Islands, where 19 percent live and North Sumatra, where 12 percent live. Excluding Indonesia it is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 28 percent live and Pakistan, where 2 percent live.
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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