Zekeria Surname

772,238th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 368 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Zekeria Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zekeria Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2751:644,15530,300
Greece241:461,65859,466
Ethiopia161:6,096,64111,907
Mauritania141:292,49012,957
United States101:36,245,893832,629
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
Ukraine51:9,104,539300,808
Algeria41:9,657,88864,782
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Zekeria (1,740) may also be a first name.

Zekeria Last Name Facts

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

The last name Zekeria (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺯﻛﺮﻳﺎ) is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Zekeria? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 772,238th most commonly held last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 19,803,114 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 85 percent of Zekeria reside; 79 percent reside in West Africa and 75 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Zekeria is also the 183,817th most frequently occurring first name globally. It is borne by 1,740 people.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 275 people, or 1 in 644,155. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Nasarawa, where 93 percent are found, Kogi, where 4 percent are found and Gombe, where 2 percent are found. Beside Nigeria it exists in 16 countries. It is also found in Greece, where 7 percent are found and Ethiopia, where 4 percent are found.

Zekeria Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is chiefly Muslim (98%) in Nigeria.

Zekeria earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 70.05% less than the national average, earning $12,925 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Zekeria Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Zekeria in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺯﻛﺮﻳﺎzkrya52.38
ﺯﻛﺮﻳﺎﺀzkrya47.62

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Zekeria
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