Zarau Surname
Approximately 2,516 people bear this surname
Zarau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2,431 | 1:72,868 | 5,237 |
| Romania | 35 | 1:573,653 | 41,852 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Tanzania | 8 | 1:6,617,702 | 68,742 |
| Mexico | 5 | 1:24,825,241 | 58,251 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Zarau (26,182) may also be a first name.
Zarau Demographics
Zarau Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Zarau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zarau Come From? nationality or country of origin
Zarau (Marathi: झरउ) is most common in Nigeria. It can also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Zarau? popularity and diffusion
The surname Zarau is the 171,190th most frequently held last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 2,896,481 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Zarau live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 30,889th most frequently held first name globally, borne by 26,182 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 2,431 people, or 1 in 72,868. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Sokoto, where 47 percent live, Zamfara, where 24 percent live and Kebbi, where 13 percent live. Besides Nigeria it exists in 9 countries. It is also found in Romania, where 1 percent live and The DR Congo, where 1 percent live.
Zarau Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Zarau surname is principally Muslim (97%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zarau Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zarau in the Marathi language | ||
| झरउ | jhara'u | - |
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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 Zarau
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