Zauya Surname
Approximately 328 people bear this surname
Zauya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 209 | 1:81,910 | 10,289 |
| Tanzania | 95 | 1:557,280 | 35,395 |
| Zimbabwe | 8 | 1:1,929,780 | 92,581 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Zauya (85) may also be a first name.
Zauya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zauya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Zauya has its highest incidence in Malawi. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zauya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 839,220th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 22,218,128 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Zauya live; 66 percent live in Southern Africa and 66 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,039,322nd most commonly held first name on earth, borne by 85 people.
Zauya is most commonly used in Malawi, where it is carried by 209 people, or 1 in 81,910. Outside of Malawi Zauya occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 29 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 2 percent live.
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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 Zauya
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