Zawa Surname
Approximately 2,950 people bear this surname
Zawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 1,915 | 1:38,579 | 4,765 |
| Indonesia | 198 | 1:667,925 | 52,159 |
| Cameroon | 147 | 1:141,286 | 15,748 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| Burkina Faso | 129 | 1:142,264 | 3,737 |
| Malaysia | 75 | 1:393,256 | 20,576 |
| Zimbabwe | 73 | 1:211,483 | 24,106 |
| Papua New Guinea | 67 | 1:121,697 | 16,585 |
| Niger | 52 | 1:369,077 | 10,509 |
| Iran | 38 | 1:2,020,593 | 71,790 |
| United States | 19 | 1:19,076,786 | 604,894 |
| Nigeria | 17 | 1:10,420,162 | 203,261 |
| Ivory Coast | 16 | 1:1,441,952 | 30,506 |
| Syria | 11 | 1:1,754,638 | 8,509 |
| Pakistan | 11 | 1:16,240,353 | 64,496 |
| Afghanistan | 6 | 1:5,358,864 | 25,178 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
Zawa (924) may also be a first name.
Zawa Demographics
Average Zawa Salary in
United States
$78,375 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Zawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Zawa (Arabic: عزوا) is found in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Zawa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 149,714th most commonly used surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 2,470,355 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 85 percent of Zawa reside; 65 percent reside in Central Africa and 65 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Zawa is also the 266,476th most frequently occurring forename in the world, borne by 924 people.
The surname is most commonly held in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 1,915 people, or 1 in 38,579. Besides The DR Congo Zawa occurs in 43 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 7 percent live and Cameroon, where 5 percent live.
Zawa Last Name Statistics demography
Zawa earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 81.64% more than the national average, earning $78,375 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zawa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zawa in the Arabic language | ||
| عزوا | zwa | - |
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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 Zawa
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