Zaitu Surname
Approximately 91 people bear this surname
Zaitu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 75 | 1:2,361,903 | 79,171 |
| Malaysia | 12 | 1:2,457,852 | 95,442 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
Zaitu (1,390) may also be a first name.
Zaitu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zaitu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Zaitu is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Zaitu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,955,159th most prevalent surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 80,082,922 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 82 percent of Zaitu are found; 82 percent are found in West Africa and 82 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 209,873rd most frequently held first name worldwide, borne by 1,390 people.
Zaitu is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 75 people, or 1 in 2,361,903. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Plateau, where 92 percent reside, Nasarawa, where 4 percent reside and Kano, where 1 percent reside. Not including Nigeria Zaitu is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 13 percent reside and China, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Zaitu
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