Zamaya Surname
Approximately 212 people bear this surname
Zamaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 84 | 1:188,690 | 12,615 |
| Nigeria | 55 | 1:3,220,777 | 97,902 |
| Argentina | 31 | 1:1,378,820 | 78,351 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Indonesia | 17 | 1:7,779,364 | 314,803 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
Zamaya (33) may also be a first name.
Zamaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zamaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Zamaya is most common in Zambia. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Zamaya.
How Common Is The Last Name Zamaya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,136,896th most prevalent family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 34,375,217 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 75 percent of Zamaya live; 40 percent live in Southern Africa and 40 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,807,719th most widespread first name internationally It is held by 33 people.
The surname Zamaya is most prevalent in Zambia, where it is held by 84 people, or 1 in 188,690. In Zambia Zamaya is mostly found in: Southern Province, where 69 percent live and Central Province, where 31 percent live. Besides Zambia this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 26 percent live and Argentina, where 15 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 Zamaya
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