Zakah Surname
Approximately 432 people bear this surname
Zakah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iraq | 131 | 1:267,341 | 5,559 |
| Palestine | 111 | 1:40,981 | 4,690 |
| Nigeria | 71 | 1:2,494,968 | 82,261 |
| Iran | 35 | 1:2,193,786 | 75,524 |
| Indonesia | 27 | 1:4,898,118 | 234,077 |
| Lebanon | 24 | 1:234,878 | 9,056 |
| Pakistan | 16 | 1:11,165,243 | 51,703 |
| Syria | 5 | 1:3,860,204 | 11,832 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Zakah (912) may also be a first name.
Zakah Demographics
Zakah Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Zakah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zakah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Zakah (Arabic: زكاه, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺰﻛﺢ) occurs more in Iraq more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Zakah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 686,443rd most commonly occurring last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 16,869,319 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 82 percent of Zakah reside; 63 percent reside in West Asia and 63 percent reside in Levant. Zakah is also the 268,506th most commonly occurring given name internationally, held by 912 people.
The last name Zakah is most frequently occurring in Iraq, where it is held by 131 people, or 1 in 267,341. Excluding Iraq this surname exists in 14 countries. It is also found in Palestine, where 26 percent reside and Nigeria, where 16 percent reside.
Zakah Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is predominantly Alawite (75%) in Lebanon.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zakah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zakah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺰﻛﺢ | alzkh | - |
| Zakah in the Arabic language | ||
| زكاه | zkah | - |
| زاخه | zakhh | - |
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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 Zakah
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