Zainu Surname
Approximately 1,564 people bear this surname
Zainu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 915 | 1:193,599 | 11,701 |
| Malaysia | 279 | 1:105,714 | 7,158 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| Indonesia | 129 | 1:1,025,188 | 74,895 |
| India | 14 | 1:54,790,384 | 527,769 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Zainu (2,197) may also be a first name.
Zainu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zainu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Zainu (Hindi: ज़ैनू, Marathi: जैनु) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Zainu? popularity and diffusion
Zainu is the 252,918th most commonly occurring last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 4,659,556 people. The surname Zainu is mostly found in Africa, where 59 percent of Zainu are found; 59 percent are found in West Africa and 59 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Zainu is also the 159,737th most common first name on earth, held by 2,197 people.
The surname Zainu is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 915 people, or 1 in 193,599. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Zamfara, where 62 percent reside, Kano, where 8 percent reside and Kaduna, where 6 percent reside. Other than Nigeria Zainu exists in 17 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 18 percent reside and Saudi Arabia, where 13 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zainu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zainu in the Hindi language | ||
| ज़ैनू | zainu | - |
| Zainu in the Marathi language | ||
| जैनु | jainu | 28.57 |
| झैनु | jhainu | 28.57 |
| झैणु | jhainu | 14.29 |
| जैनू | jainu | 14.29 |
| झैनू | jhainu | 14.29 |
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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 Zainu
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