Zaraou Surname
Approximately 163 people bear this surname
Zaraou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 123 | 1:156,033 | 5,647 |
| Cameroon | 33 | 1:629,366 | 47,277 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Zaraou (6,181) may also be a first name.
Zaraou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zaraou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Zaraou is more frequently found in Niger than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Zaraou.
How Common Is The Last Name Zaraou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Zaraou is the 1,359,010th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 44,708,871 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Zaraou are found; 87 percent are found in West Africa and 75 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Zaraou is also the 84,056th most frequently occurring first name in the world, borne by 6,181 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Niger, where it is borne by 123 people, or 1 in 156,033. In Niger it is mostly concentrated in: Zinder Region, where 89 percent reside, Tahoua Region, where 7 percent reside and Dosso Region, where 2 percent reside. Aside from Niger Zaraou exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 20 percent reside and Iraq, 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 Zaraou
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