Zakawa Surname
Approximately 61 people bear this surname
Zakawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 50 | 1:3,542,855 | 104,248 |
| Niger | 9 | 1:2,132,446 | 40,124 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
Zakawa (125) may also be a first name.
Zakawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zakawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Zakawa occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Zakawa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,460,878th most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 119,467,966 people. The last name Zakawa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Zakawa reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 82 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Zakawa is also the 832,731st most frequently occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 125 people.
The last name Zakawa is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 50 people, or 1 in 3,542,855. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Adamawa, where 72 percent live, Gombe, where 26 percent live and Lagos, where 2 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 15 percent live and Kenya, where 2 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 Zakawa
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