Zaoya Surname
Approximately 131 people bear this surname
Zaoya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 129 | 1:991,041 | 19,991 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Zaoya (22) may also be a first name.
Zaoya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zaoya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Zaoya has its highest incidence in Japan. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zaoya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,565,797th most frequently used last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 55,630,121 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Zaoya live; 98 percent live in East Asia and 98 percent live in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 2,301,746th most commonly used forename in the world, held by 22 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Japan, where it is held by 129 people, or 1 in 991,041. In Japan Zaoya is primarily concentrated in: Fukuoka Prefecture, where 97 percent reside, Chiba Prefecture, where 1 percent reside and Kumamoto Prefecture, where 1 percent reside. Without taking into account Japan it exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 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 Zaoya
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