Zawiya Surname
Approximately 95 people bear this surname
Zawiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 68 | 1:1,086,464 | 68,260 |
| Nigeria | 21 | 1:8,435,369 | 179,591 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Zawiya (414) may also be a first name.
Zawiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zawiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Zawiya is held by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Zawiya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,907,068th most widely held last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 76,711,010 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Zawiya are found; 72 percent are found in Central Africa and 72 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Zawiya is also the 422,632nd most commonly occurring forename internationally, borne by 414 people.
Zawiya is most commonly used in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 68 people, or 1 in 1,086,464. Outside of The DR Congo this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 22 percent reside and Ethiopia, where 4 percent reside.
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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 Zawiya
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