Zainaba Surname
Approximately 1,151 people bear this surname
Zainaba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Comoros | 530 | 1:1,414 | 208 |
| Burkina Faso | 526 | 1:34,890 | 1,866 |
| India | 40 | 1:19,176,635 | 286,670 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Nigeria | 19 | 1:9,323,303 | 191,560 |
| Cameroon | 6 | 1:3,461,511 | 126,814 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Zaïnaba (1) are calculated separately.
Zainaba (8,395) may also be a first name.
Zainaba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zainaba Come From? nationality or country of origin
Zainaba (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺯﻳﻨﺎﺏ, Marathi: जैनब) is carried by more people in Comoros than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as: Zaïnaba. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Zainaba? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 323,810th most frequently used family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 6,331,491 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Zainaba are found; 48 percent are found in West Africa and 47 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 68,882nd most frequently used given name worldwide, held by 8,395 people.
The last name Zainaba is most commonly occurring in Comoros, where it is carried by 530 people, or 1 in 1,414. Beside Comoros this last name is found in 12 countries. It is also found in Burkina Faso, where 46 percent are found and India, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zainaba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zainaba in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺯﻳﻨﺎﺏ | zynab | - |
| Zainaba in the Marathi language | ||
| जैनब | jainaba | 25 |
| झैनाबा | jhainaba | 25 |
| झैनाब | jhainaba | 25 |
| झैनबा | jhainaba | 25 |
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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 Zainaba
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