Zena Surname
Approximately 23,447 people bear this surname
Zena Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 16,098 | 1:6,060 | 964 |
| DR Congo | 2,736 | 1:27,003 | 3,384 |
| Egypt | 763 | 1:120,492 | 9,804 |
| Paraguay | 648 | 1:11,168 | 590 |
| Kosovo | 497 | 1:3,746 | 632 |
| Kenya | 341 | 1:135,425 | 11,086 |
| India | 236 | 1:3,250,277 | 94,785 |
| Argentina | 213 | 1:200,673 | 16,642 |
| United States | 209 | 1:1,734,253 | 114,535 |
| Italy | 205 | 1:298,325 | 37,600 |
| Albania | 200 | 1:14,570 | 2,611 |
| Uganda | 185 | 1:211,023 | 16,608 |
| South Africa | 157 | 1:345,081 | 31,817 |
| France | 101 | 1:657,651 | 84,833 |
| Mexico | 85 | 1:1,460,308 | 15,990 |
| Indonesia | 76 | 1:1,740,121 | 112,888 |
| Greece | 64 | 1:173,122 | 27,971 |
| Pakistan | 53 | 1:3,370,639 | 25,973 |
| Germany | 52 | 1:1,548,182 | 92,602 |
| Cameroon | 40 | 1:519,227 | 41,500 |
| Liberia | 39 | 1:113,039 | 8,770 |
| Ivory Coast | 35 | 1:659,178 | 18,915 |
| England | 32 | 1:1,741,189 | 71,393 |
| Brazil | 32 | 1:6,689,823 | 158,565 |
| Dominican Republic | 31 | 1:336,546 | 11,471 |
| Niger | 26 | 1:738,154 | 17,467 |
| Nigeria | 26 | 1:6,813,183 | 158,601 |
| Latvia | 23 | 1:89,132 | 12,995 |
| Peru | 22 | 1:1,444,733 | 22,095 |
| Burkina Faso | 21 | 1:873,910 | 9,338 |
| Sweden | 17 | 1:579,221 | 42,433 |
| Switzerland | 16 | 1:513,307 | 36,405 |
| Papua New Guinea | 16 | 1:509,607 | 63,542 |
| Zimbabwe | 13 | 1:1,187,557 | 68,998 |
| Australia | 11 | 1:2,454,155 | 103,534 |
| Canada | 10 | 1:3,684,559 | 191,443 |
| Croatia | 8 | 1:528,576 | 38,675 |
| Poland | 8 | 1:4,751,094 | 138,864 |
| Taiwan | 7 | 1:3,349,249 | 20,155 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Congo | 6 | 1:831,516 | 16,072 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| Denmark | 5 | 1:1,128,943 | 52,970 |
| Serbia | 5 | 1:1,428,990 | 29,746 |
| Romania | 4 | 1:5,019,468 | 62,922 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Bolivia | 4 | 1:2,654,108 | 7,945 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Syria | 3 | 1:6,433,674 | 16,197 |
| Venezuela | 3 | 1:10,068,026 | 60,591 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 21 | 1:2,391,366 | 115,093 |
The alternate forms: Žeņa (2) are calculated separately.
Zena (130,879) may also be a first name.
Zena Demographics
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Zena Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zena Come From? nationality or country of origin
Zena (Georgian: ზენა, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺯﻧﺎ, Hindi: ज़ेना, Oriya: େଯନା) is found most frequently in Ethiopia. It can be found as: Žeņa. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zena? popularity and diffusion
Zena is the 23,124th most commonly held surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 310,809 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 88 percent of Zena reside; 71 percent reside in East Africa and 69 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. Zena is also the 7,966th most commonly occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 130,879 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Ethiopia, where it is held by 16,098 people, or 1 in 6,060. Besides Ethiopia this last name is found in 83 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 12 percent live and Egypt, where 3 percent live.
Zena Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Zena has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Zena surname grew 995 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Zena Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Zena surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Zena surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 50% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Zena earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 46.71% less than the national average, earning R 126,636 per year; in United States they earn 2.36% less than the national average, earning $42,129 USD per year and in Canada they earn 20.65% less than the national average, earning $39,422 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zena Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zena in the Georgian language | ||
| ზენა | zena | - |
| Zena in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺯﻧﺎ | zna | - |
| Zena in the Hindi language | ||
| ज़ेना | zena | - |
| Zena in the Oriya language | ||
| େଯନା | eyana | 50 |
| େଜନା | ejana | 50 |
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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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