Zale Surname
Approximately 4,608 people bear this surname
Zale Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,176 | 1:308,213 | 28,304 |
| Burkina Faso | 620 | 1:29,600 | 1,717 |
| Iran | 594 | 1:129,264 | 11,842 |
| Malawi | 366 | 1:46,774 | 6,615 |
| Israel | 302 | 1:28,337 | 4,092 |
| Ivory Coast | 249 | 1:92,656 | 4,869 |
| DR Congo | 239 | 1:309,120 | 27,984 |
| India | 197 | 1:3,893,733 | 106,713 |
| Latvia | 146 | 1:14,041 | 2,091 |
| Solomon Islands | 134 | 1:4,329 | 523 |
| Benin | 128 | 1:80,747 | 9,550 |
| Tanzania | 73 | 1:725,228 | 41,094 |
| Papua New Guinea | 67 | 1:121,697 | 16,585 |
| Canada | 61 | 1:604,026 | 49,778 |
| Cameroon | 44 | 1:472,024 | 38,779 |
| South Africa | 42 | 1:1,289,945 | 71,309 |
| Malaysia | 24 | 1:1,228,926 | 53,021 |
| Mauritania | 20 | 1:204,743 | 10,209 |
| Lesotho | 15 | 1:135,504 | 12,442 |
| Australia | 14 | 1:1,928,264 | 88,951 |
| Zimbabwe | 11 | 1:1,403,476 | 76,064 |
| Kenya | 8 | 1:5,772,488 | 50,256 |
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
| Germany | 8 | 1:10,063,182 | 283,807 |
| Taiwan | 7 | 1:3,349,249 | 20,155 |
| Senegal | 7 | 1:2,082,763 | 4,662 |
| Greece | 5 | 1:2,215,958 | 91,893 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Argentina | 3 | 1:14,247,805 | 235,975 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 32 | 1:1,569,334 | 83,036 |
The alternate forms: Žale (19), Zāle (5) & Zalé (2) are calculated separately.
Zale (4,435) may also be a first name.
Zale Demographics
Zale Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Zale Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zale Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Zale (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺯﺍﻝ, Hindi: जाले, Russian: Зале) is found most in The United States. It may also be found as a variant: Žale, Zāle or Zalé. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zale? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 102,285th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 1,581,499 people. Zale is primarily found in Africa, where 39 percent of Zale reside; 21 percent reside in West Africa and 19 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Zale is also the 103,477th most commonly held first name world-wide, held by 4,435 people.
It is most commonly used in The United States, where it is borne by 1,176 people, or 1 in 308,213. In The United States Zale is mostly concentrated in: Texas, where 11 percent live, Illinois, where 9 percent live and Michigan, where 6 percent live. Outside of The United States this surname is found in 47 countries. It also occurs in Burkina Faso, where 13 percent live and Iran, where 13 percent live.
Zale Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Zale has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 3,675 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Zale Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Zale surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Zale surname are 3.95% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 50.72% being registered with the party.
The amount Zale earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 60.05% less than the national average, earning R 94,932 per year; in United States they earn 16.33% more than the national average, earning $50,196 USD per year and in Canada they earn 44.64% more than the national average, earning $71,862 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zale Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zale in the Hindi language | ||
| जाले | jale | - |
| Zale in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺯﺍﻝ | zal | 50 |
| ﺯﺍﻻ | zala | 25 |
| ﺯﺍﻟﻪ | zalh | 25 |
| Zale in the Russian language | ||
| Зале | zale | - |
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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 Zale
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