Zakari Surname
Approximately 218,183 people bear this surname
Zakari Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 109,105 | 1:1,624 | 210 |
| Niger | 64,426 | 1:298 | 54 |
| Benin | 17,103 | 1:604 | 54 |
| Ghana | 12,400 | 1:2,179 | 355 |
| Togo | 6,405 | 1:1,132 | 97 |
| Morocco | 4,294 | 1:8,029 | 1,055 |
| Egypt | 1,129 | 1:81,431 | 7,252 |
| Cameroon | 871 | 1:23,845 | 3,225 |
| Saudi Arabia | 716 | 1:43,095 | 6,100 |
| Algeria | 529 | 1:73,028 | 11,754 |
| Malaysia | 272 | 1:108,435 | 7,306 |
| Iran | 152 | 1:505,148 | 29,867 |
| United States | 128 | 1:2,831,710 | 167,846 |
| DR Congo | 82 | 1:900,970 | 60,382 |
| England | 79 | 1:705,292 | 39,851 |
| Indonesia | 65 | 1:2,034,603 | 127,068 |
| Spain | 49 | 1:954,123 | 36,393 |
| France | 47 | 1:1,413,249 | 138,595 |
| Ivory Coast | 39 | 1:591,570 | 17,665 |
| Burkina Faso | 32 | 1:573,503 | 7,444 |
| Papua New Guinea | 28 | 1:291,204 | 39,406 |
| Germany | 23 | 1:3,500,237 | 154,763 |
| Kenya | 16 | 1:2,886,244 | 37,784 |
| Sweden | 16 | 1:615,422 | 45,338 |
| Iceland | 14 | 1:27,149 | 2,069 |
| Canada | 12 | 1:3,070,466 | 169,836 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| Uganda | 11 | 1:3,549,025 | 89,142 |
| Afghanistan | 11 | 1:2,923,017 | 17,932 |
| Brazil | 10 | 1:21,407,433 | 350,627 |
| Chad | 9 | 1:1,510,244 | 5,402 |
| United Arab Emirates | 9 | 1:1,018,030 | 36,884 |
| Central African Republic | 9 | 1:501,710 | 179 |
| Pakistan | 9 | 1:19,849,321 | 72,658 |
| Austria | 7 | 1:1,216,491 | 80,919 |
| Israel | 6 | 1:1,426,272 | 75,466 |
| Italy | 6 | 1:10,192,781 | 121,657 |
| Belgium | 6 | 1:1,916,107 | 103,447 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
Zakari (146,275) may also be a first name.
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Zakari Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zakari Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Zakari (Arabic: زكري, Bengali: জাকারি, Marathi: झकारी, Russian: Закари) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Zakari? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,538th most common last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 33,401 people. The surname Zakari occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Zakari are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 66 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 7,164th most numerous first name at a global level, held by 146,275 people.
Zakari is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 109,105 people, or 1 in 1,624. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Kano, where 13 percent reside, Niger, where 11 percent reside and Kaduna, where 9 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this surname is found in 66 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 30 percent reside and Benin, where 8 percent reside.
Zakari Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Zakari last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya and Muslim (92%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Zakari surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 100% registered with the party.
The amount Zakari earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 11.09% less than the national average, earning $38,365 USD per year and in Canada they earn 25.86% less than the national average, earning $36,833 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zakari Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zakari in the Bengali language | ||
| জাকারি | jakari | - |
| Zakari in the Marathi language | ||
| झकारी | jhakari | 58.33 |
| झाकारी | jhakari | 25 |
| झकरी | jhakari | 8.33 |
| अन्सारी | ansari | 8.33 |
| Zakari in the Russian language | ||
| Закари | zakari | - |
| Zakari in the Arabic language | ||
| زكري | zkry | - |
| زكريَّ | zkrya | - |
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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 Zakari
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