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 most common in Cameroon. It may also be found in the variant forms: Zaïnabou. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zainabou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 721,185th most common family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 18,038,480 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Zainabou reside; 49 percent reside in Central Africa and 37 percent reside in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa. It is also the 45,208th most common first name worldwide. It is borne by 15,570 people.
The last name Zainabou is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is borne by 275 people, or 1 in 75,524. In Cameroon Zainabou is primarily concentrated in: Adamawa Region, where 70 percent live, Centre Region, where 9 percent live and North Region, where 8 percent live. Outside of Cameroon this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 25 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 4 percent live.
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
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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 Zainabou
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