Zakye Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Zakye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 16 | 1:2,439,955 | 72,451 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
Zakye (14) may also be a first name.
Zakye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zakye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Zakye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺰﺍﻛﻴﻪ) is held by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zakye? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,649,889th most commonly occurring last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. The last name Zakye is primarily found in Africa, where 89 percent of Zakye live; 89 percent live in East Africa and 89 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most widely held first name globally, held by 14 people.
It is most widespread in Uganda, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 2,439,955. In Uganda it is primarily found in: Mbarara District, where 38 percent reside, Kampala District, where 31 percent reside and Bushenyi District, where 6 percent reside. Besides Uganda this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 6 percent reside and Iran, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zakye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zakye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺰﺍﻛﻴﻪ | alzakyh | - |
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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 Zakye
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