Zemmal Surname
Approximately 1,352 people bear this surname
Zemmal Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 1,284 | 1:30,087 | 5,506 |
| Mauritania | 52 | 1:78,747 | 5,195 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
Zemmal Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zemmal Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Zemmal (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺰﻣﺎﻝ) is carried by more people in Algeria than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of Zemmal click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zemmal? popularity and diffusion
Zemmal is the 284,627th most widely held family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 5,390,197 people. Zemmal occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Zemmal live; 95 percent live in North Africa and 95 percent live in Mahgreb.
The surname Zemmal is most frequently held in Algeria, where it is carried by 1,284 people, or 1 in 30,087. In Algeria Zemmal is mostly concentrated in: Tébessa Province, where 66 percent reside, Mostaganem Province, where 22 percent reside and Souk Ahras Province, where 11 percent reside. Without taking into account Algeria this surname occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 4 percent reside and France, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zemmal Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zemmal in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺰﻣﺎﻝ | alzmal | 94.12 |
| ﺯﻣﺎﻝ | zmal | 5.88 |
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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 Zemmal
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