Zakariah Surname
Approximately 6,185 people bear this surname
Zakariah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2,683 | 1:66,024 | 4,836 |
| Ghana | 1,732 | 1:15,601 | 2,007 |
| Malaysia | 495 | 1:59,584 | 4,500 |
| Bangladesh | 451 | 1:353,341 | 9,758 |
| Indonesia | 340 | 1:388,968 | 33,123 |
| Saudi Arabia | 239 | 1:129,104 | 17,726 |
| Singapore | 86 | 1:64,043 | 2,603 |
| Zimbabwe | 49 | 1:315,066 | 31,156 |
| India | 26 | 1:29,502,515 | 369,827 |
| South Africa | 15 | 1:3,611,847 | 123,156 |
| Kenya | 12 | 1:3,848,325 | 40,366 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| Tanzania | 10 | 1:5,294,161 | 57,086 |
| United States | 10 | 1:36,245,893 | 832,629 |
| Australia | 7 | 1:3,856,529 | 135,538 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
Zakariah (5,427) may also be a first name.
Zakariah Demographics
Zakariah Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Zakariah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zakariah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Zakariah is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Zakariah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 78,939th most common surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 1,178,261 people. The last name Zakariah occurs predominantly in Africa, where 73 percent of Zakariah live; 71 percent live in West Africa and 71 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Zakariah is also the 91,324th most widespread forename on earth, held by 5,427 people.
Zakariah is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 2,683 people, or 1 in 66,024. In Nigeria Zakariah is mostly found in: Taraba, where 19 percent live, Kaduna, where 18 percent live and Adamawa, where 10 percent live. Other than Nigeria this surname occurs in 25 countries. It also occurs in Ghana, where 28 percent live and Malaysia, where 8 percent live.
Zakariah Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Zakariah surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya and Christian (68%) in Nigeria.
The amount Zakariah earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 3.43% less than the national average, earning R 229,488 per year and in United States they earn 75.57% less than the national average, earning $10,542 USD per year.
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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 Zakariah
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