Zairu Surname
Approximately 84 people bear this surname
Zairu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 74 | 1:2,393,821 | 79,921 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
Zairu (1,205) may also be a first name.
Zairu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zairu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Zairu is most common in Nigeria. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Zairu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Zairu is the 2,047,559th most widely held family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 86,756,499 people. Zairu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 88 percent of Zairu reside; 88 percent reside in West Africa and 88 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Zairu is also the 228,168th most frequently used first name globally, held by 1,205 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 74 people, or 1 in 2,393,821. In Nigeria Zairu is most common in: Zamfara, where 32 percent live, Sokoto, where 22 percent live and Kano, where 19 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 10 percent live and Indonesia, where 2 percent live.
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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 Zairu
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