Zekariya Surname
Approximately 3,069 people bear this surname
Zekariya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 3,059 | 1:31,888 | 3,759 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Zekariya (2,159) may also be a first name.
Zekariya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zekariya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Zekariya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺯﻛﺮﻳﺎ) is found most frequently in Ethiopia. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Zekariya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 144,713th most frequently held surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 2,374,567 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Zekariya live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. Zekariya is also the 161,432nd most commonly occurring first name globally It is held by 2,159 people.
Zekariya is most frequent in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 3,059 people, or 1 in 31,888. Aside from Ethiopia this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 0 percent live and Mauritania, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zekariya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zekariya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺯﻛﺮﻳﺎ | zkrya | 69.23 |
| ﺯﻛﺮﻳﺎﺀ | zkrya | 30.77 |
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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 Zekariya
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