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
The surname Zatau is most common in Nigeria. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Zatau? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,665,662nd most frequent last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 251,294,687 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Zatau reside; 93 percent reside in West Africa and 93 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 27 people, or 1 in 6,560,843. In Nigeria Zatau is most prevalent in: Adamawa, where 67 percent live, Yobe, where 19 percent live and Nasarawa, where 11 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 7 percent live.
Zatau Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Zatau has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Zatau surname declined 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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