Zarma Surname
Approximately 2,333 people bear this surname
Zarma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,668 | 1:106,201 | 7,119 |
| Niger | 232 | 1:82,724 | 3,566 |
| Afghanistan | 156 | 1:206,110 | 3,854 |
| Indonesia | 124 | 1:1,066,526 | 77,317 |
| Iran | 41 | 1:1,872,744 | 68,622 |
| Cameroon | 35 | 1:593,402 | 45,326 |
| Benin | 33 | 1:313,200 | 25,349 |
| Chad | 9 | 1:1,510,244 | 5,402 |
| Ivory Coast | 6 | 1:3,845,205 | 48,272 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Romania | 4 | 1:5,019,468 | 62,922 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Zarma (1,612) may also be a first name.
Zarma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zarma Come From? nationality or country of origin
Zarma (Arabic: زارمي, Russian: Зарма) is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Zarma? popularity and diffusion
The last name Zarma is the 182,229th most widely held family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 3,123,680 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 85 percent of Zarma live; 85 percent live in West Africa and 73 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 192,433rd most frequently occurring forename world-wide. It is borne by 1,612 people.
The last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,668 people, or 1 in 106,201. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Borno, where 33 percent are found, Yobe, where 26 percent are found and Gombe, where 12 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this surname is found in 26 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 10 percent are found and Afghanistan, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zarma Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zarma in the Russian language | ||
| Зарма | zarma | - |
| Zarma in the Arabic language | ||
| زارمي | zarmy | - |
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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 Zarma
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