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 carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Zavai? popularity and diffusion
Zavai is the 1,612,213th most common last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 58,300,367 people. The surname Zavai is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Zavai reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 63 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 690,096th most commonly used first name in the world. It is borne by 175 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 119 people, or 1 in 174,530. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Far North Region, where 81 percent live, North Region, where 18 percent live and Littoral Region, where 1 percent live. Beside Cameroon Zavai exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 2 percent live and Nigeria, where 1 percent live.
Zavai Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Zavai last name is principally 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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