Zarough Surname
Approximately 79 people bear this surname
Zarough Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 77 | 1:53,180 | 3,841 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
Zarough Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zarough Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Zarough (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺯﺭﻭﻕ) is held by more people in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Zarough.
How Common Is The Last Name Zarough? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,121,169th most widely held family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 92,247,417 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Zarough live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
The last name is most common in Mauritania, where it is held by 77 people, or 1 in 53,180. In Mauritania Zarough is most numerous in: Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 32 percent are found, Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 22 percent are found and Trarza Region, where 18 percent are found. Besides Mauritania this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Jordan, where 1 percent are found and Saudi Arabia, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zarough Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zarough in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺯﺭﻭﻕ | zrwq | 57.89 |
| ﺯﺍﺭﻭﻕ | zarwq | 42.11 |
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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 Zarough
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