Zahit Surname

798,040th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 352 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Zahit Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zahit Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia1771:166,63410,180
Turkey1571:495,67828,259
Indonesia101:13,224,919434,432
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Kosovo11:1,861,86914,990
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147

Zahit (3,192) may also be a first name.

Zahit Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Zahit Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Zahit (Georgian: ზაჰით, Marathi: झाहीत) is carried by more people in Malaysia than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Zahit.

How Common Is The Last Name Zahit? popularity and diffusion

The surname Zahit is the 798,040th most frequent family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 20,703,255 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Zahit reside; 53 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 53 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 127,140th most frequently held first name in the world, held by 3,192 people.

The last name Zahit is most numerous in Malaysia, where it is borne by 177 people, or 1 in 166,634. In Malaysia it is most frequent in: Terengganu, where 23 percent reside, Pahang, where 16 percent reside and Kelantan, where 15 percent reside. Not including Malaysia Zahit exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Turkey, where 45 percent reside and Indonesia, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Zahuit9112/
Zahid80268,867/
Zohit80813/
Zeait8021/
Zahet807/
Zauit801/
Zaahid7351/
Zhahid7333/
Dzahid7331/
Zahied7324/
Ziahet7323/
Zauith7313/
Czohit736/
Zahhid735/
Zaaoit734/
Zahuid732/
Zahihd732/
Zohait731/
Zajhid731/
Zahoid731/
Zouait731/
Ziahid731/
Zaheth731/
Cahitt730/
Zaet6750/
Zahyied675/
Zhahyid671/
Zahaoid671/
Cahahit671/
Zahahid671/

Zahit Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Zahit in the Georgian language
ზაჰითzahit-
Zahit in the Marathi language
झाहीतjhahita-

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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 Zahit
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