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
Zegha (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺰﻛﺢ) is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Zegha.
How Common Is The Last Name Zegha? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,736,881st most commonly occurring family name globally, held by around 1 in 65,653,567 people. The last name Zegha occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Zegha are found; 80 percent are found in Central Africa and 80 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name Zegha is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 90 people, or 1 in 230,767. In Cameroon Zegha is primarily found in: Centre Region, where 44 percent live, Littoral Region, where 30 percent live and West Region, where 19 percent live. Barring Cameroon Zegha exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 16 percent live and Algeria, where 1 percent live.
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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