Zekarya Surname

3,957,383rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 25 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Zekarya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zekarya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia161:6,096,64111,907
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Pakistan31:59,547,962132,569
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Zekarya (1,230) may also be a first name.

Zekarya Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Zekarya Come From? nationality or country of origin

Zekarya is held by more people in Ethiopia than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Zekarya.

How Common Is The Last Name Zekarya? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,957,383rd most frequent surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 291,501,837 people. The last name Zekarya is primarily found in Africa, where 84 percent of Zekarya reside; 64 percent reside in East Africa and 64 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. Zekarya is also the 225,584th most frequently used given name globally. It is borne by 1,230 people.

It is most prevalent in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 6,096,641. Aside from Ethiopia this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 16 percent reside and Pakistan, where 12 percent reside.

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Zekarya
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