Zegha Surname
Approximately 111 people bear this surname
Zegha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 90 | 1:230,767 | 23,017 |
| Mauritania | 18 | 1:227,492 | 10,961 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Zegha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zegha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Zegha (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺰﻛﺢ) is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Zegha? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,736,881st most numerous last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 65,653,567 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Zegha reside; 80 percent reside in Central Africa and 80 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is held by 90 people, or 1 in 230,767. In Cameroon Zegha is primarily found in: Centre Region, where 44 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 30 percent reside and West Region, where 19 percent reside. Aside from Cameroon Zegha occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 16 percent reside and Algeria, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zegha Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zegha in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺰﻛﺢ | alzkh | 50 |
| ﺍﻟﺰﻛﺤﻪ | alzkhh | 40 |
| ﺍﻟﺰﻗﺎﺭ | alzqar | 10 |
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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 Zegha
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