Zegba Surname
Approximately 447 people bear this surname
Zegba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 325 | 1:70,988 | 3,981 |
| DR Congo | 116 | 1:636,893 | 47,292 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Zegba (70) may also be a first name.
Zegba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zegba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Zegba (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺯﻗﺐ) is found most in The Ivory Coast. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Zegba click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zegba? popularity and diffusion
Zegba is the 669,375th most frequently used family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 16,303,235 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 88 percent of Zegba are found; 62 percent are found in West Africa and 61 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Zegba is also the 1,162,016th most common first name globally. It is borne by 70 people.
It is most widely held in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 325 people, or 1 in 70,988. In The Ivory Coast it is primarily found in: Sassandra-Marahoué District, where 73 percent live, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 16 percent live and Gôh-Djiboua District, where 8 percent live. Aside from The Ivory Coast this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 26 percent live and Algeria, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zegba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zegba in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺯﻗﺐ | zqb | - |
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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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- 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 Zegba
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