Zanwa Surname
Approximately 101 people bear this surname
Zanwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 83 | 1:2,134,250 | 73,634 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Zanwa (92) may also be a first name.
Zanwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zanwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Zanwa is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zanwa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,839,022nd most widespread surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 72,153,920 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 91 percent of Zanwa are found; 88 percent are found in West Africa and 82 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Zanwa is also the 992,070th most widely held first name internationally. It is borne by 92 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 83 people, or 1 in 2,134,250. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Nasarawa, where 88 percent live, Sokoto, where 11 percent live and Delta, where 1 percent live. Beside Nigeria Zanwa occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 8 percent live and Niger, where 5 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 Zanwa
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