Zakiyu Surname
Approximately 1,168 people bear this surname
Zakiyu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 814 | 1:217,620 | 12,896 |
| Ghana | 346 | 1:78,094 | 7,799 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Zakiyu (502) may also be a first name.
Zakiyu Demographics
Zakiyu Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Zakiyu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zakiyu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Zakiyu has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zakiyu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 320,056th most numerous last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 6,239,337 people. Zakiyu is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Zakiyu are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Zakiyu is also the 378,365th most commonly used first name globally, held by 502 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 814 people, or 1 in 217,620. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Borno, where 90 percent live, Kano, where 8 percent live and Zamfara, where 1 percent live. Apart from Nigeria it exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Ghana, where 30 percent live and Tanzania, where 0 percent live.
Zakiyu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is predominantly Muslim (100%) in Nigeria.
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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 Zakiyu
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