Zalema Surname
Approximately 186 people bear this surname
Zalema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 137 | 1:539,267 | 42,095 |
| Paraguay | 32 | 1:226,148 | 4,042 |
| Zimbabwe | 7 | 1:2,205,463 | 97,905 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 1:4,420,624 | 134,293 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Zalema (75) may also be a first name.
Zalema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zalema Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Zalema (Russian: Залема) occurs in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Zalema? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,244,200th most widely held surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 39,180,354 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 80 percent of Zalema live; 74 percent live in Central Africa and 74 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Zalema is also the 1,116,575th most commonly used first name world-wide It is held by 75 people.
Zalema is most frequently used in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 137 people, or 1 in 539,267. Apart from The DR Congo Zalema exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Paraguay, where 17 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zalema Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zalema in the Russian language | ||
| Залема | zalema | - |
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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 Zalema
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