Zakana Surname
Approximately 91 people bear this surname
Zakana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 63 | 1:2,811,790 | 89,258 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Somalia | 4 | 1:3,363,015 | 5,093 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Zakana (37) may also be a first name.
Zakana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zakana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Zakana (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺯﻛﻨﺎ, Marathi: झकना) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zakana? popularity and diffusion
The last name Zakana is the 1,955,159th most commonly held surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 80,082,922 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 88 percent of Zakana live; 73 percent live in West Africa and 69 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Zakana is also the 1,688,769th most prevalent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 37 people.
This last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 63 people, or 1 in 2,811,790. In Nigeria it is most common in: Bayelsa, where 49 percent live, Kogi, where 14 percent live and Sokoto, where 14 percent live. Besides Nigeria it occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 9 percent live and South Africa, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zakana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zakana in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺯﻛﻨﺎ | zkna | - |
| Zakana in the Marathi language | ||
| झकना | jhakana | - |
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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 Zakana
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