Zerhun Surname
Approximately 4,994 people bear this surname
Zerhun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 4,990 | 1:19,548 | 2,554 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
Zerhun (1,508) may also be a first name.
Zerhun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zerhun Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Zerhun is most common in Ethiopia. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Zerhun click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zerhun? popularity and diffusion
Zerhun is the 95,287th most widely held surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 1,459,260 people. The last name Zerhun is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Zerhun live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 200,119th most commonly held first name internationally, borne by 1,508 people.
It is most numerous in Ethiopia, where it is held by 4,990 people, or 1 in 19,548. Aside from Ethiopia this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 percent live and Israel, where 0 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 Zerhun
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