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 found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of Zalau click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zalau? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,185,033rd most commonly occurring last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 191,777,524 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Zalau reside; 89 percent reside in West Africa and 89 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Zalau is also the 1,107,702nd most frequently held forename internationally. It is borne by 76 people.
This surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 34 people, or 1 in 5,210,081. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Bauchi, where 91 percent live, Lagos, where 6 percent live and Sokoto, where 3 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 5 percent live and Afghanistan, where 3 percent live.
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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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