Zatau Surname
Approximately 29 people bear this surname
Zatau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 27 | 1:6,560,843 | 154,927 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Zatau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zatau Come From? nationality or country of origin
Zatau occurs most in Nigeria. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Zatau? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,665,662nd most frequently used last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 251,294,687 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Zatau live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Zatau is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 27 people, or 1 in 6,560,843. In Nigeria Zatau is mostly concentrated in: Adamawa, where 67 percent live, Yobe, where 19 percent live and Nasarawa, where 11 percent live. Besides Nigeria it exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 7 percent live.
Zatau Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Zatau has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Zatau surname contracted 33 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Zatau
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