Zarah Surname
Approximately 4,290 people bear this surname
Zarah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 2,509 | 1:30,603 | 3,698 |
| Syria | 441 | 1:43,766 | 2,457 |
| Indonesia | 342 | 1:386,694 | 32,966 |
| Yemen | 322 | 1:82,066 | 5,417 |
| Saudi Arabia | 278 | 1:110,992 | 14,774 |
| Nigeria | 130 | 1:1,362,637 | 53,337 |
| Pakistan | 94 | 1:1,900,467 | 18,692 |
| Israel | 64 | 1:133,713 | 14,383 |
| Philippines | 17 | 1:5,955,190 | 180,670 |
| France | 15 | 1:4,428,181 | 244,602 |
| United States | 14 | 1:25,889,924 | 709,614 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Lebanon | 7 | 1:805,298 | 15,541 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
Zarah (14,913) may also be a first name.
Zarah Demographics
Zarah Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Zarah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zarah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Zarah (Arabic: زرعة, Marathi: झराह) is borne by more people in Iran than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zarah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Zarah is the 108,498th most commonly occurring family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 1,698,729 people. The last name Zarah is primarily found in Asia, where 96 percent of Zarah reside; 61 percent reside in South Asia and 61 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Zarah is also the 46,580th most common forename worldwide, held by 14,913 people.
It is most common in Iran, where it is carried by 2,509 people, or 1 in 30,603. In Iran Zarah is most numerous in: Tehran Province, where 16 percent live, East Azerbaijan Province, where 14 percent live and West Azerbaijan Province, where 13 percent live. Besides Iran this last name is found in 38 countries. It is also common in Syria, where 10 percent live and Indonesia, where 8 percent live.
Zarah Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is primarily Syriac Catholic (100%) in Lebanon.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zarah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zarah in the Marathi language | ||
| झराह | jharaha | 50 |
| जराह | jaraha | 33.33 |
| जरहान | jarahana | 16.67 |
| Zarah in the Arabic language | ||
| زرعة | zrt | - |
| زره | zrh | - |
| زرعه | zrh | - |
| زيره | zyrh | - |
| زاره | zarh | - |
| ظهره | zhrh | - |
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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 Zarah
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