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
Zaza Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
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 more frequently found in Egypt than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant: Zazá, Zazà, Žaža, Zäza, Záza or Žáža. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Zaza? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 23,584th most commonly occurring family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 317,153 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 55 percent of Zaza reside; 37 percent reside in North Africa and 20 percent reside in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 26,317th most commonly occurring given name world-wide, held by 32,287 people.
The last name is most widely held in Egypt, where it is carried by 4,607 people, or 1 in 19,956. Beside Egypt this last name is found in 110 countries. It is also found in Liberia, where 10 percent reside and Morocco, where 10 percent reside.
Zaza Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is predominantly Orthodox (60%) in Russia, Sunni (87%) in Lebanon and Catholic (50%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Zaza surname are 9.78% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national 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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