Zakariyah Surname
Approximately 2,558 people bear this surname
Zakariyah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,719 | 1:103,050 | 6,957 |
| Indonesia | 787 | 1:168,042 | 16,305 |
| Malaysia | 22 | 1:1,340,647 | 57,034 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
Zakariyah (1,690) may also be a first name.
Zakariyah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zakariyah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Zakariyah (Marathi: झकरीया) is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Zakariyah.
How Common Is The Last Name Zakariyah? popularity and diffusion
Zakariyah is the 168,840th most widespread family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 2,848,923 people. Zakariyah is predominantly found in Africa, where 68 percent of Zakariyah live; 67 percent live in West Africa and 67 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 187,093rd most commonly occurring given name on earth, borne by 1,690 people.
Zakariyah is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,719 people, or 1 in 103,050. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Kwara, where 32 percent are found, Lagos, where 19 percent are found and Oyo, where 14 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this last name exists in 17 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 31 percent are found and Malaysia, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zakariyah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zakariyah in the Marathi language | ||
| झकरीया | jhakariya | - |
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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 Zakariyah
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