Zania Surname
Approximately 716 people bear this surname
Zania Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 315 | 1:234,538 | 22,701 |
| Indonesia | 144 | 1:918,397 | 68,422 |
| Greece | 128 | 1:86,561 | 14,651 |
| Ukraine | 53 | 1:858,919 | 84,338 |
| Papua New Guinea | 21 | 1:388,272 | 50,829 |
| Iran | 11 | 1:6,980,229 | 145,986 |
| Algeria | 9 | 1:4,292,395 | 48,087 |
| Uganda | 9 | 1:4,337,698 | 99,715 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
The alternate forms: Zânia (1) are calculated separately.
Zania (3,771) may also be a first name.
Zania Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zania Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Zania (Arabic: زانيتا, Georgian: ზანია) is held by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Zânia. For other potential spellings of Zania click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zania? popularity and diffusion
The surname Zania is the 469,321st most frequently held last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 10,178,137 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 47 percent of Zania live; 44 percent live in Central Africa and 44 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 114,615th most frequently occurring first name in the world It is held by 3,771 people.
The last name is most common in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 315 people, or 1 in 234,538. Other than The DR Congo this last name occurs in 26 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 20 percent live and Greece, where 18 percent live.
Zania Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Zania has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Zania surname contracted 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zania Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zania in the Georgian language | ||
| ზანია | zania | - |
| Zania in the Arabic language | ||
| زانيتا | zanyta | - |
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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
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- 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 Zania
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