Zaharou Surname
Approximately 185 people bear this surname
Zaharou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 183 | 1:104,874 | 4,261 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Zaharou (1,628) may also be a first name.
Zaharou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zaharou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Zaharou is most common in Niger. It may also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Zaharou.
How Common Is The Last Name Zaharou? popularity and diffusion
Zaharou is the 1,248,410th most commonly used family name internationally, held by around 1 in 39,392,140 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Zaharou reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 191,242nd most frequently held given name on earth, borne by 1,628 people.
The last name is most frequent in Niger, where it is borne by 183 people, or 1 in 104,874. In Niger it is most prevalent in: Tahoua Region, where 42 percent are found, Zinder Region, where 42 percent are found and Maradi Region, where 6 percent are found. Besides Niger this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Greece, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Zaharou
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