Zekeria Surname
Approximately 368 people bear this surname
Zekeria Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 275 | 1:644,155 | 30,300 |
| Greece | 24 | 1:461,658 | 59,466 |
| Ethiopia | 16 | 1:6,096,641 | 11,907 |
| Mauritania | 14 | 1:292,490 | 12,957 |
| United States | 10 | 1:36,245,893 | 832,629 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| Ukraine | 5 | 1:9,104,539 | 300,808 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Zekeria (1,740) may also be a first name.
Zekeria Demographics
Zekeria Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
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
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zekeria in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺯﻛﺮﻳﺎ | zkrya | 52.38 |
| ﺯﻛﺮﻳﺎﺀ | zkrya | 47.62 |
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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
- 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 Zekeria
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