Zakalia Surname
Approximately 1,608 people bear this surname
Zakalia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 993 | 1:17,240 | 2,710 |
| Tanzania | 563 | 1:94,035 | 9,373 |
| Uganda | 16 | 1:2,439,955 | 72,451 |
| Philippines | 10 | 1:10,123,822 | 213,993 |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | 1:1,543,824 | 78,460 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Zakalia (2,675) may also be a first name.
Zakalia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zakalia Come From? nationality or country of origin
Zakalia occurs more in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zakalia? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 247,354th most numerous last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 4,532,056 people. Zakalia is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Zakalia live; 62 percent live in Southern Africa and 62 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Zakalia is also the 141,712th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, held by 2,675 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Malawi, where it is held by 993 people, or 1 in 17,240. Outside of Malawi this last name occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 35 percent live and Uganda, where 1 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 Zakalia
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