Zahav Surname
Approximately 200 people bear this surname
Zahav Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Israel | 88 | 1:97,246 | 11,271 |
| Mauritania | 81 | 1:50,554 | 3,714 |
| United States | 22 | 1:16,475,406 | 557,260 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Zahav (13) may also be a first name.
Zahav Demographics
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Zahav Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zahav Come From? nationality or country of origin
Zahav (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺰﺣﺎﻑ) occurs more in Israel more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zahav? popularity and diffusion
The surname Zahav is the 1,185,157th most common last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 36,437,730 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 45 percent of Zahav are found; 45 percent are found in West Asia and 44 percent are found in Judeo-West Asia. Zahav is also the 3,159,357th most common given name at a global level It is held by 13 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Israel, where it is borne by 88 people, or 1 in 97,246. In Israel Zahav is primarily concentrated in: Central District, where 34 percent are found, Tel Aviv District, where 20 percent are found and Southern District, where 14 percent are found. Aside from Israel Zahav is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 41 percent are found and The United States, where 11 percent are found.
Zahav Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Zahav surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 100% being registered with the political party.
Zahav earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 20.69% more than the national average, earning $52,078 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zahav Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zahav 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 Zahav
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