Zaza Surname
Approximately 22,978 people bear this surname
Zaza Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 4,607 | 1:19,956 | 2,311 |
| Liberia | 2,345 | 1:1,880 | 249 |
| Morocco | 2,317 | 1:14,880 | 2,206 |
| Jordan | 2,177 | 1:4,062 | 830 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1,829 | 1:16,870 | 2,323 |
| Italy | 1,802 | 1:33,938 | 6,078 |
| Algeria | 1,666 | 1:23,188 | 4,233 |
| Syria | 1,184 | 1:16,302 | 1,267 |
| South Africa | 494 | 1:109,671 | 13,198 |
| United States | 401 | 1:903,888 | 68,085 |
| Russia | 387 | 1:372,411 | 36,467 |
| Zambia | 387 | 1:40,956 | 4,020 |
| France | 371 | 1:179,037 | 27,905 |
| Turkey | 298 | 1:261,146 | 17,857 |
| DR Congo | 253 | 1:292,014 | 26,830 |
| Cameroon | 208 | 1:99,851 | 11,805 |
| Lebanon | 166 | 1:33,958 | 3,331 |
| Iran | 149 | 1:515,319 | 30,242 |
| Zimbabwe | 148 | 1:104,312 | 14,575 |
| Ivory Coast | 141 | 1:163,626 | 7,475 |
| Indonesia | 133 | 1:994,355 | 72,948 |
| Argentina | 128 | 1:333,933 | 26,358 |
| Palestine | 93 | 1:48,912 | 5,058 |
| Canada | 86 | 1:428,437 | 37,472 |
| Brazil | 75 | 1:2,854,324 | 84,307 |
| Kuwait | 67 | 1:56,727 | 6,926 |
| Sweden | 65 | 1:151,489 | 10,616 |
| Thailand | 64 | 1:1,103,724 | 164,273 |
| United Arab Emirates | 53 | 1:172,873 | 12,733 |
| Nigeria | 50 | 1:3,542,855 | 104,248 |
| Australia | 49 | 1:550,933 | 40,757 |
| Switzerland | 48 | 1:171,102 | 15,661 |
| England | 41 | 1:1,358,977 | 60,528 |
| Portugal | 38 | 1:274,164 | 10,086 |
| Iraq | 37 | 1:946,531 | 12,381 |
| Qatar | 34 | 1:69,353 | 6,725 |
| Venezuela | 34 | 1:888,355 | 13,981 |
| Germany | 32 | 1:2,515,796 | 126,826 |
| Ukraine | 31 | 1:1,468,474 | 118,175 |
| Albania | 30 | 1:97,135 | 9,519 |
| Kazakhstan | 27 | 1:654,907 | 44,542 |
| Malaysia | 24 | 1:1,228,926 | 53,021 |
| Denmark | 23 | 1:245,422 | 19,084 |
| Solomon Islands | 23 | 1:25,219 | 4,941 |
| Papua New Guinea | 22 | 1:370,624 | 48,900 |
| Greece | 21 | 1:527,609 | 66,013 |
| Poland | 21 | 1:1,809,940 | 93,678 |
| Latvia | 17 | 1:120,591 | 17,235 |
| Tunisia | 17 | 1:35,919 | 5,218 |
| Ethiopia | 16 | 1:6,096,641 | 11,907 |
| Mozambique | 16 | 1:1,703,848 | 2,274 |
| Niger | 15 | 1:1,279,468 | 26,841 |
| Colombia | 14 | 1:3,412,434 | 15,450 |
| Azerbaijan | 13 | 1:742,240 | 12,462 |
| New Zealand | 12 | 1:377,360 | 28,765 |
| Pakistan | 12 | 1:14,886,990 | 61,272 |
| Tanzania | 11 | 1:4,812,874 | 55,358 |
| Belgium | 10 | 1:1,149,664 | 82,403 |
| Israel | 10 | 1:855,763 | 54,181 |
| Afghanistan | 9 | 1:3,572,576 | 20,130 |
| Netherlands | 9 | 1:1,876,353 | 85,467 |
| Spain | 9 | 1:5,194,671 | 82,436 |
| Belarus | 7 | 1:1,357,294 | 83,128 |
| Georgia | 7 | 1:535,078 | 18,425 |
| Mauritius | 6 | 1:215,570 | 8,537 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Mauritania | 5 | 1:818,973 | 23,459 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Peru | 5 | 1:6,356,825 | 38,776 |
| Austria | 4 | 1:2,128,859 | 91,203 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| New Caledonia | 4 | 1:69,056 | 6,678 |
| Uzbekistan | 4 | 1:7,732,286 | 43,643 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Moldova | 3 | 1:1,187,123 | 48,973 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Abkhazia | 1 | 1:242,865 | 5,354 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Tonga | 1 | 1:107,313 | 791 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
The alternate forms: Zazá (4), Zazà (4), Žaža (32), Zäza (14), Záza (1) & Žáža (19) are calculated separately.
Zaza (32,287) may also be a first name.
Zaza Demographics
Average Zaza Salary in
United States
$47,022 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Zaza Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zaza Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Zaza (Arabic: ظاظه, Georgian: ზაზა, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺯﺍﺯ, Russian: Заза) is held by more people in Egypt than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant: Zazá, Zazà, Žaža, Zäza, Záza or Žáža. For other potential spellings of Zaza click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zaza? popularity and diffusion
Zaza is the 23,584th most numerous family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 317,153 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 55 percent of Zaza are found; 37 percent are found in North Africa and 20 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 26,317th most frequent first name internationally, borne by 32,287 people.
The last name Zaza is most frequently occurring in Egypt, where it is borne by 4,607 people, or 1 in 19,956. Barring Egypt it exists in 110 countries. It also occurs in Liberia, where 10 percent live and Morocco, where 10 percent live.
Zaza Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Zaza last name is predominantly Orthodox (60%) in Russia, Sunni (87%) in Lebanon and Catholic (50%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Zaza surname are 9.78% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 63.01% registered with the political party.
The amount Zaza earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 4% less than the national average, earning €28,830 per year; in Peru they earn 92.38% more than the national average, earning S/. 37,292 per year; in South Africa they earn 32.82% less than the national average, earning R 159,648 per year; in Colombia they earn 8.79% more than the national average, earning $24,697,400 COP per year; in United States they earn 8.98% more than the national average, earning $47,022 USD per year and in Canada they earn 43.79% more than the national average, earning $71,440 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zaza Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zaza in the Georgian language | ||
| ზაზა | zaza | - |
| Zaza in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺯﺍﺯ | zaz | 66.67 |
| ﺯﺍﺯﻩ | zazh | 33.33 |
| Zaza in the Russian language | ||
| Заза | zaza | - |
| Zaza in the Arabic language | ||
| ظاظه | zazh | - |
| ظاظا | zaza | - |
| زازا | zaza | - |
| زظه | zzh | - |
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Footnotes
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