Zangoma Surname
Approximately 490 people bear this surname
Zangoma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 407 | 1:435,240 | 22,419 |
| Niger | 81 | 1:236,938 | 7,651 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Zangoma (222) may also be a first name.
Zangoma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zangoma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Zangoma is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Zangoma? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 625,459th most commonly held last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 14,872,543 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Zangoma live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 83 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 605,116th most commonly used first name at a global level. It is borne by 222 people.
The surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 407 people, or 1 in 435,240. In Nigeria Zangoma is most frequent in: Bauchi, where 40 percent reside, Yobe, where 32 percent reside and Jigawa, where 14 percent reside. Beside Nigeria it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 17 percent reside and Cameroon, 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 Zangoma
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