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
Zangoma is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Zangoma? popularity and diffusion
Zangoma is the 625,459th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 14,872,543 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Zangoma live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 83 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Zangoma is also the 605,116th most frequently held first name worldwide It is held by 222 people.
This surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 407 people, or 1 in 435,240. In Nigeria it is most common in: Bauchi, where 40 percent are found, Yobe, where 32 percent are found and Jigawa, where 14 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 17 percent are found and Cameroon, where 0 percent are found.
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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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