Zein Surname
Approximately 65,114 people bear this surname
Zein Surname User-submission:
The surname Zein (also written Zayn) comes from the Arabic word, which means 'beautiful'.
Zein Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 25,352 | 1:3,626 | 491 |
| Sudan | 15,400 | 1:2,436 | 342 |
| Indonesia | 8,567 | 1:15,437 | 1,923 |
| Saudi Arabia | 5,366 | 1:5,750 | 796 |
| Iran | 3,719 | 1:20,646 | 2,639 |
| Mauritania | 2,784 | 1:1,471 | 186 |
| Germany | 501 | 1:160,690 | 19,100 |
| United States | 465 | 1:779,482 | 60,414 |
| United Arab Emirates | 305 | 1:30,040 | 3,313 |
| Morocco | 204 | 1:169,000 | 29,345 |
| Kuwait | 183 | 1:20,769 | 2,798 |
| Brazil | 176 | 1:1,216,331 | 41,961 |
| Canada | 169 | 1:218,021 | 21,041 |
| France | 169 | 1:393,034 | 57,995 |
| Argentina | 148 | 1:288,807 | 23,114 |
| Malaysia | 139 | 1:212,189 | 12,377 |
| England | 130 | 1:428,600 | 28,863 |
| Qatar | 109 | 1:21,633 | 2,325 |
| Bahrain | 103 | 1:13,093 | 2,472 |
| Sweden | 93 | 1:105,879 | 7,628 |
| Tanzania | 91 | 1:581,776 | 36,762 |
| Syria | 75 | 1:257,347 | 4,303 |
| Ivory Coast | 63 | 1:366,210 | 12,917 |
| Spain | 53 | 1:882,114 | 34,832 |
| Greece | 46 | 1:240,865 | 36,930 |
| Australia | 45 | 1:599,904 | 42,958 |
| Nigeria | 40 | 1:4,428,569 | 120,862 |
| Ethiopia | 36 | 1:2,709,618 | 8,935 |
| Libya | 36 | 1:173,444 | 826 |
| Austria | 35 | 1:243,298 | 28,936 |
| Russia | 32 | 1:4,503,846 | 209,401 |
| Israel | 31 | 1:276,053 | 24,632 |
| Kazakhstan | 29 | 1:609,741 | 42,435 |
| Iraq | 26 | 1:1,346,987 | 15,017 |
| Venezuela | 24 | 1:1,258,503 | 17,711 |
| Belgium | 22 | 1:522,575 | 50,051 |
| Switzerland | 22 | 1:373,314 | 28,226 |
| New Zealand | 21 | 1:215,634 | 21,249 |
| Singapore | 21 | 1:262,272 | 11,611 |
| Czechia | 18 | 1:590,748 | 58,011 |
| Finland | 15 | 1:366,447 | 25,366 |
| Lebanon | 15 | 1:375,806 | 11,209 |
| Kenya | 14 | 1:3,298,564 | 38,706 |
| Oman | 12 | 1:307,331 | 4,704 |
| Denmark | 11 | 1:513,156 | 32,022 |
| Jordan | 11 | 1:803,858 | 14,945 |
| Paraguay | 11 | 1:657,886 | 7,708 |
| Algeria | 10 | 1:3,863,155 | 47,113 |
| Iceland | 9 | 1:42,232 | 2,922 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| Netherlands | 8 | 1:2,110,897 | 88,902 |
| Senegal | 8 | 1:1,822,418 | 4,361 |
| Colombia | 7 | 1:6,824,867 | 22,056 |
| Italy | 7 | 1:8,736,670 | 118,213 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Poland | 5 | 1:7,601,750 | 167,855 |
| Taiwan | 5 | 1:4,688,949 | 27,695 |
| Ukraine | 5 | 1:9,104,539 | 300,808 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| Myanmar | 4 | 1:12,984,496 | 1,309 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Romania | 4 | 1:5,019,468 | 62,922 |
| Tajikistan | 4 | 1:2,096,673 | 7,416 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 1:2,668,225 | 118,680 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,247,739 | 24,719 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 18 | 1:2,789,927 | 129,797 |
The alternate forms: Zèíñ (1) are calculated separately.
Zein (18,467) may also be a first name.
Zein Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The surname Zein (also written Zayn) comes from the Arabic word, which means 'beautiful'.
- momixZein Demographics
Average Male Zein Height
176.43 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Zein Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zein Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Zein (Arabic: زعين, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺰﻳﻦ, Russian: Зеин) is more frequently found in Egypt than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Zèíñ. For other potential spellings of Zein click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zein? popularity and diffusion
Zein is the 8,728th most frequently held surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 111,920 people. The surname Zein occurs predominantly in Africa, where 68 percent of Zein live; 63 percent live in North Africa and 63 percent live in Arabic North Africa. Zein is also the 40,092nd most frequently used given name on earth, borne by 18,467 people.
Zein is most commonly held in Egypt, where it is borne by 25,352 people, or 1 in 3,626. Apart from Egypt Zein is found in 108 countries. It is also common in Sudan, where 24 percent reside and Indonesia, where 13 percent reside.
Zein Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Zein has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Zein surname rose 2,583 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Zein Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Zein surname are 39.22% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 92.45% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Zein earn in different countries varies greatly. In Colombia they earn 146.33% more than the national average, earning $55,922,400 COP per year; in United States they earn 3.25% more than the national average, earning $44,551 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.51% less than the national average, earning $47,938 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zein Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zein in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺰﻳﻦ | alzyn | 52.51 |
| ﺯﻳﻦ | zyn | 46.89 |
| ﺍﺯﻳﻦ | azyn | 0.17 |
| Zein in the Russian language | ||
| Зеин | zein | - |
| Zein in the Arabic language | ||
| زعين | zyn | - |
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