Zhira Surname
Approximately 1,448 people bear this surname
Zhira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 1,413 | 1:10,926 | 1,397 |
| Russia | 12 | 1:12,010,255 | 361,204 |
| Afghanistan | 6 | 1:5,358,864 | 25,178 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Zhira (157) may also be a first name.
Zhira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zhira Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Zhira (Arabic: زهيرا, Hindi: ज़हैरा, Russian: Жира) is more commonly found in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Zhira? popularity and diffusion
It is the 269,545th most frequent surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 5,032,836 people. The last name Zhira is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Zhira reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 732,696th most frequently occurring first name in the world, borne by 157 people.
The surname Zhira is most frequently occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 1,413 people, or 1 in 10,926. In Zimbabwe it is most numerous in: Masvingo Province, where 39 percent are found, Midlands Province, where 29 percent are found and Harare Province, where 14 percent are found. Beside Zimbabwe this last name exists in 15 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 1 percent are found and Afghanistan, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zhira Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zhira in the Hindi language | ||
| ज़हैरा | zahaira | - |
| Zhira in the Russian language | ||
| Жира | zira | - |
| Zhira in the Arabic language | ||
| زهيرا | zhyra | - |
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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 Zhira
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