Zever Surname
Approximately 1,205 people bear this surname
Zever Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,199 | 1:147,742 | 9,383 |
| Mauritania | 3 | 1:1,364,954 | 27,355 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Zever (258) may also be a first name.
Zever Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zever Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Zever (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺯﻓﻴﺮ, Marathi: झेवेर, Russian: Зевер) is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Zever? popularity and diffusion
Zever is the 312,208th most numerous last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,047,756 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Zever live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Zever is also the 554,411th most frequent given name in the world, borne by 258 people.
It is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,199 people, or 1 in 147,742. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Benue, where 89 percent are found, Nasarawa, where 3 percent are found and Taraba, where 3 percent are found. Not including Nigeria it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 0 percent are found and Cameroon, where 0 percent are found.
Zever Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Zever has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Zever last name fell 83 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zever Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zever in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺯﻓﻴﺮ | zfyr | - |
| Zever in the Marathi language | ||
| झेवेर | jhevera | - |
| Zever in the Russian language | ||
| Зевер | zever | - |
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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 Zever
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