Zayani Surname
Approximately 7,175 people bear this surname
Zayani Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Libya | 5,109 | 1:1,222 | 327 |
| Morocco | 886 | 1:38,912 | 6,295 |
| Bahrain | 338 | 1:3,990 | 671 |
| Egypt | 214 | 1:429,606 | 25,756 |
| Tunisia | 189 | 1:3,231 | 472 |
| Indonesia | 184 | 1:718,746 | 55,532 |
| Afghanistan | 57 | 1:564,091 | 6,800 |
| France | 49 | 1:1,355,566 | 135,191 |
| Malaysia | 30 | 1:983,141 | 44,226 |
| Spain | 21 | 1:2,226,287 | 55,801 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Iran | 10 | 1:7,678,252 | 153,484 |
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
Zayani (244) may also be a first name.
Zayani Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zayani Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Zayani (Arabic: الزياني) is most common in Libya. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Zayani click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zayani? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 69,130th most frequently occurring family name globally It is held by around 1 in 1,015,686 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Zayani reside; 89 percent reside in North Africa and 74 percent reside in Arabic North Africa. Zayani is also the 571,890th most frequently used first name worldwide. It is borne by 244 people.
This surname is most frequent in Libya, where it is borne by 5,109 people, or 1 in 1,222. Other than Libya this last name exists in 35 countries. It is also found in Morocco, where 12 percent are found and Bahrain, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zayani Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zayani in the Arabic language | ||
| الزياني | alzyany | - |
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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
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- 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 Zayani
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