Zahra Surname
Approximately 95,701 people bear this surname
Zahra Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 25,321 | 1:3,631 | 492 |
| Iran | 11,282 | 1:6,806 | 945 |
| Indonesia | 10,163 | 1:13,013 | 1,640 |
| Pakistan | 9,665 | 1:18,484 | 1,099 |
| Ethiopia | 7,405 | 1:13,173 | 1,885 |
| Morocco | 4,635 | 1:7,438 | 958 |
| Syria | 4,381 | 1:4,406 | 508 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2,584 | 1:11,941 | 1,646 |
| Jordan | 2,463 | 1:3,590 | 732 |
| Bangladesh | 2,343 | 1:68,014 | 3,342 |
| Yemen | 2,033 | 1:12,998 | 1,521 |
| Malta | 1,840 | 1:234 | 55 |
| India | 1,754 | 1:437,323 | 22,724 |
| Algeria | 1,680 | 1:22,995 | 4,195 |
| Lebanon | 1,312 | 1:4,297 | 780 |
| Australia | 1,113 | 1:24,255 | 3,325 |
| United States | 673 | 1:538,572 | 44,670 |
| Iraq | 650 | 1:53,879 | 2,073 |
| Sri Lanka | 512 | 1:40,642 | 4,863 |
| Palestine | 469 | 1:9,699 | 1,968 |
| Kenya | 422 | 1:109,431 | 9,380 |
| England | 415 | 1:134,260 | 13,202 |
| France | 401 | 1:165,643 | 25,804 |
| Canada | 339 | 1:108,689 | 11,660 |
| Kuwait | 231 | 1:16,453 | 2,197 |
| United Arab Emirates | 208 | 1:44,049 | 4,464 |
| Bahrain | 191 | 1:7,061 | 1,301 |
| Qatar | 134 | 1:17,597 | 1,938 |
| Brazil | 112 | 1:1,911,378 | 61,207 |
| Malaysia | 101 | 1:292,022 | 16,042 |
| Djibouti | 100 | 1:9,149 | 584 |
| Spain | 75 | 1:623,360 | 28,648 |
| Nigeria | 70 | 1:2,530,611 | 83,100 |
| Hong Kong | 56 | 1:130,991 | 2,371 |
| Thailand | 52 | 1:1,358,430 | 190,094 |
| Tunisia | 44 | 1:13,878 | 2,274 |
| Sweden | 42 | 1:234,447 | 16,276 |
| Argentina | 36 | 1:1,187,317 | 70,591 |
| Turkey | 31 | 1:2,510,368 | 78,475 |
| Germany | 29 | 1:2,776,050 | 134,833 |
| New Zealand | 25 | 1:181,133 | 19,287 |
| Scotland | 24 | 1:223,076 | 11,507 |
| Afghanistan | 23 | 1:1,397,964 | 11,714 |
| South Africa | 22 | 1:2,462,623 | 101,019 |
| Wales | 22 | 1:140,661 | 10,115 |
| Venezuela | 18 | 1:1,678,004 | 21,578 |
| Uganda | 14 | 1:2,788,520 | 78,087 |
| Maldives | 14 | 1:28,869 | 1,682 |
| Oman | 12 | 1:307,331 | 4,704 |
| Netherlands | 12 | 1:1,407,265 | 75,423 |
| Russia | 11 | 1:13,102,096 | 377,010 |
| Ukraine | 11 | 1:4,138,427 | 206,719 |
| Italy | 9 | 1:6,795,188 | 113,457 |
| Chad | 9 | 1:1,510,244 | 5,402 |
| Libya | 9 | 1:693,775 | 1,982 |
| Denmark | 8 | 1:705,589 | 39,626 |
| Azerbaijan | 7 | 1:1,378,446 | 18,562 |
| Norway | 7 | 1:734,612 | 50,907 |
| Israel | 6 | 1:1,426,272 | 75,466 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Belarus | 4 | 1:2,375,265 | 105,497 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,569,646 | 17,286 |
| Mauritius | 2 | 1:646,708 | 13,517 |
| Cyprus | 2 | 1:442,438 | 9,493 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Puerto Rico | 2 | 1:1,775,070 | 6,602 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
Zahra (3,661,799) may also be a first name.
Zahra Demographics
Zahra Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Zahra Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zahra Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Zahra (Arabic: زاهراء, Georgian: ზაჰრა, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺰﻫﺮﻩ, Hindi: जहरा) has its highest incidence in Egypt. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Zahra? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 5,897th most widespread family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 76,149 people. The surname Zahra occurs mostly in Asia, where 53 percent of Zahra reside; 33 percent reside in North Africa and 26 percent reside in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 113th most frequent first name globally, held by 3,661,799 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Egypt, where it is carried by 25,321 people, or 1 in 3,631. Excluding Egypt it exists in 98 countries. It is also found in Iran, where 12 percent live and Indonesia, where 11 percent live.
Zahra Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Zahra last name is primarily Muslim (75%) in Kenya and Sunni (68%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those holding the Zahra surname are 27.07% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 80.3% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Zahra earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 240% more than the national average, earning R 807,960 per year; in United States they earn 9.39% more than the national average, earning $47,199 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.02% more than the national average, earning $53,666 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zahra Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zahra in the Georgian language | ||
| ზაჰრა | zahra | - |
| Zahra in the Hindi language | ||
| जहरा | jahara | 47.64 |
| ज़हरा | zahara | 44.2 |
| ज़हरा | zahara | 4.42 |
| जेहरा | jehara | 1.08 |
| जाहरा | jahara | 0.49 |
| ज़ाहरा | zahara | 0.29 |
| ज़ाहरा | zahara | 0.29 |
| ज़ेहरा | zehara | 0.1 |
| जोहरा | johara | 0.1 |
| ज़ेहरा | zehara | 0.1 |
| ज़ह्रा | zahra | 0.1 |
| Zahra in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺰﻫﺮﻩ | alzhrh | 43.13 |
| ﺍﻟﺰﻫﺮﺓ | alzhrt | 39.79 |
| ﺍﻟﺰﻫﺮﺍﺀ | alzhra | 13.99 |
| ﺯﻫﺮﺓ | zhrt | 0.87 |
| ﺯﻫﺮﻩ | zhrh | 0.68 |
| ﺯﻫﺮﺍﺀ | zhra | 0.06 |
| ﺍﻟﺰﺍﻫﺮﺍﺀ | alzahra | 0.06 |
| Zahra in the Arabic language | ||
| زاهراء | zahra | - |
| الزهرا | alzhra | - |
| زهّراء | zhra | - |
| زهرأ | zhra | - |
| زُهرا | zuhra | - |
| زهرا | zhra | - |
| زهراء | zhra | - |
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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
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