Zakeriya Surname
Approximately 443 people bear this surname
Zakeriya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 273 | 1:281,255 | 20,400 |
| India | 137 | 1:5,599,017 | 134,774 |
| Pakistan | 13 | 1:13,741,837 | 58,392 |
| Kazakhstan | 9 | 1:1,964,722 | 89,832 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Zakeriya (251) may also be a first name.
Zakeriya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zakeriya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Zakeriya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺯﻛﺮﻳﺎﺀ, Marathi: झकेरीया, Russian: Закерия) is found most frequently in Iran. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Zakeriya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 674,066th most commonly occurring surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 16,450,442 people. The surname Zakeriya occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Zakeriya live; 95 percent live in South Asia and 65 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Zakeriya is also the 562,655th most numerous given name worldwide. It is borne by 251 people.
It is most common in Iran, where it is carried by 273 people, or 1 in 281,255. In Iran Zakeriya is primarily found in: Razavi Khorasan Province, where 21 percent live, Mazandaran Province, where 19 percent live and Tehran Province, where 16 percent live. Other than Iran Zakeriya is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in India, where 31 percent live and Pakistan, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zakeriya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zakeriya in the Marathi language | ||
| झकेरीया | jhakeriya | 95.67 |
| सेकेरीया | sekeriya | 1.92 |
| जकरीया | jakariya | 0.96 |
| जकेरीया | jakeriya | 0.96 |
| कुरीयान | kuriyana | 0.48 |
| Zakeriya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺯﻛﺮﻳﺎﺀ | zkrya | 66.67 |
| ﺯﻛﺮﻳﺎ | zkrya | 33.33 |
| Zakeriya in the Russian language | ||
| Закерия | zakeria | - |
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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 Zakeriya
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