Zalau Surname
Approximately 38 people bear this surname
Zalau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 34 | 1:5,210,081 | 134,475 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
Zalau (76) may also be a first name.
Zalau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zalau Come From? nationality or country of origin
Zalau is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Zalau click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zalau? popularity and diffusion
The surname Zalau is the 3,185,033rd most prevalent surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 191,777,524 people. The last name Zalau occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Zalau reside; 89 percent reside in West Africa and 89 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,107,702nd most frequently held first name world-wide It is held by 76 people.
The surname Zalau is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 34 people, or 1 in 5,210,081. In Nigeria Zalau is primarily concentrated in: Bauchi, where 91 percent are found, Lagos, where 6 percent are found and Sokoto, where 3 percent are found. Not including Nigeria Zalau occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 5 percent are found and Afghanistan, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Zalau
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