Zavai Surname
Approximately 125 people bear this surname
Zavai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 119 | 1:174,530 | 18,525 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Zavai (175) may also be a first name.
Zavai Demographics
Zavai Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Zavai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zavai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Zavai is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zavai? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,612,213th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 58,300,367 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Zavai live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 63 percent live in Chadic Africa. Zavai is also the 690,096th most commonly used forename world-wide, held by 175 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 119 people, or 1 in 174,530. In Cameroon it is most common in: Far North Region, where 81 percent reside, North Region, where 18 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 1 percent reside. Outside of Cameroon this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 2 percent reside and Nigeria, where 1 percent reside.
Zavai Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Zavai last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Zavai
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