Zainabou Surname
Approximately 404 people bear this surname
Zainabou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 275 | 1:75,524 | 9,350 |
| Niger | 100 | 1:191,920 | 6,591 |
| Ivory Coast | 16 | 1:1,441,952 | 30,506 |
| Burkina Faso | 12 | 1:1,529,342 | 12,810 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
The alternate forms: Zaïnabou (1) are calculated separately.
Zainabou (15,570) may also be a first name.
Zainabou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zainabou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Zainabou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺯﻳﻨﺐ) is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as: Zaïnabou. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Zainabou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 721,185th most frequent last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 18,038,480 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Zainabou live; 49 percent live in Central Africa and 37 percent live in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa. Zainabou is also the 45,208th most commonly used first name internationally It is held by 15,570 people.
It is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is carried by 275 people, or 1 in 75,524. In Cameroon it is most common in: Adamawa Region, where 70 percent reside, Centre Region, where 9 percent reside and North Region, where 8 percent reside. Excluding Cameroon Zainabou is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 25 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zainabou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zainabou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺯﻳﻨﺐ | zynb | - |
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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 Zainabou
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