Zanao Surname
Approximately 1,110 people bear this surname
Zanao Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 725 | 1:101,903 | 11,389 |
| Brazil | 376 | 1:569,347 | 21,260 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
The alternate forms: Zanaõ (2) are calculated separately.
Zanao (603) may also be a first name.
Zanao Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zanao Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Zanao is held by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Zanaõ. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zanao? popularity and diffusion
The last name Zanao is the 332,973rd most numerous family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,565,357 people. The surname Zanao occurs mostly in Africa, where 66 percent of Zanao are found; 65 percent are found in Central Africa and 65 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 340,376th most frequently occurring first name world-wide It is held by 603 people.
This last name is most frequent in The DR Congo, where it is held by 725 people, or 1 in 101,903. Apart from The DR Congo Zanao exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 34 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Zanao
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