Zaou Surname
Approximately 780 people bear this surname
Zaou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congo | 276 | 1:18,076 | 2,153 |
| Morocco | 239 | 1:144,251 | 25,171 |
| Algeria | 87 | 1:444,041 | 35,614 |
| Ivory Coast | 68 | 1:339,283 | 12,260 |
| France | 45 | 1:1,476,060 | 142,161 |
| Cyprus | 33 | 1:26,814 | 3,049 |
| Niger | 9 | 1:2,132,446 | 40,124 |
| Iran | 8 | 1:9,597,816 | 173,045 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Zaou (868) may also be a first name.
Zaou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zaou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Zaou occurs in The Congo more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Zaou? popularity and diffusion
Zaou is the 439,223rd most prevalent family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 9,343,008 people. The surname Zaou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 87 percent of Zaou reside; 42 percent reside in North Africa and 42 percent reside in Mahgreb. It is also the 276,206th most frequent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 868 people.
Zaou is most frequently occurring in The Congo, where it is borne by 276 people, or 1 in 18,076. In The Congo Zaou is most frequent in: Pointe-Noire Department, where 73 percent live, Brazzaville Department, where 20 percent live and Cuvette Department, where 3 percent live. Beside The Congo this last name occurs in 17 countries. It is also found in Morocco, where 31 percent live and Algeria, where 11 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 Zaou
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