Zakey Surname
Approximately 823 people bear this surname
Zakey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 560 | 1:34,271 | 1,894 |
| Egypt | 183 | 1:502,381 | 28,715 |
| Malaysia | 45 | 1:655,427 | 31,286 |
| Kazakhstan | 7 | 1:2,526,071 | 102,287 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Zakey (147) may also be a first name.
Zakey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zakey Come From? nationality or country of origin
Zakey is carried by more people in Niger than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Zakey? popularity and diffusion
Zakey is the 421,345th most numerous family name globally, held by around 1 in 8,854,855 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Zakey reside; 68 percent reside in West Africa and 68 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Zakey is also the 760,591st most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 147 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Niger, where it is borne by 560 people, or 1 in 34,271. In Niger it is mostly concentrated in: Tillabéri Region, where 91 percent live, Niamey Capital District, where 6 percent live and Dosso Region, where 1 percent live. Apart from Niger this surname occurs in 19 countries. It is also found in Egypt, where 22 percent live and Malaysia, where 5 percent live.
Zakey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Zakey has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Zakey last name decreased 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Zakey
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