Zerau Surname
Approximately 48 people bear this surname
Zerau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 25 | 1:3,901,850 | 10,182 |
| Germany | 17 | 1:4,735,615 | 183,652 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
Zerau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zerau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Zerau has its highest incidence in Ethiopia. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Zerau? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,808,717th most frequently occurring last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 151,823,873 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 54 percent of Zerau live; 52 percent live in East Africa and 52 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa.
This surname is most frequent in Ethiopia, where it is held by 25 people, or 1 in 3,901,850. Beside Ethiopia it is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 35 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent live.
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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 Zerau
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