Zamau Surname
Approximately 41 people bear this surname
Zamau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 35 | 1:5,061,222 | 131,727 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Zamau (37) may also be a first name.
Zamau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zamau Come From? nationality or country of origin
Zamau (Marathi: झामउ) is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Zamau? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,055,934th most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 177,745,022 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 85 percent of Zamau live; 85 percent live in West Africa and 85 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Zamau is also the 1,688,769th most frequently held forename at a global level. It is borne by 37 people.
The surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 35 people, or 1 in 5,061,222. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Sokoto, where 71 percent are found and Zamfara, where 29 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in India, where 5 percent are found and Indonesia, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zamau Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zamau in the Marathi language | ||
| झामउ | jhama'u | 60 |
| झामऊ | jhama'u | 20 |
| झमरु | jhamaru | 20 |
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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 Zamau
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