Zilai Surname
Approximately 1,826 people bear this surname
Zilai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 1,113 | 1:68,987 | 7,230 |
| Yemen | 211 | 1:125,238 | 6,806 |
| Hungary | 205 | 1:47,884 | 5,129 |
| Nigeria | 150 | 1:1,180,952 | 47,933 |
| United States | 69 | 1:5,253,028 | 264,570 |
| Papua New Guinea | 36 | 1:226,492 | 31,172 |
| France | 15 | 1:4,428,181 | 244,602 |
| Austria | 11 | 1:774,130 | 64,097 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Slovakia | 3 | 1:1,778,817 | 104,392 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
The alternate forms: Žilai (8) are calculated separately.
Zilai (5,424) may also be a first name.
Zilai Demographics
Zilai Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Zilai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zilai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Zilai is borne by more people in Iran than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Žilai. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Zilai? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 223,100th most frequently used family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,990,989 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 73 percent of Zilai are found; 61 percent are found in South Asia and 61 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 91,353rd most commonly occurring first name globally, borne by 5,424 people.
The last name Zilai is most frequently occurring in Iran, where it is borne by 1,113 people, or 1 in 68,987. In Iran it is mostly concentrated in: Khuzestan Province, where 84 percent reside, Isfahan Province, where 5 percent reside and Tehran Province, where 3 percent reside. Outside of Iran it exists in 16 countries. It is also common in Yemen, where 12 percent reside and Hungary, where 11 percent reside.
Zilai Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is predominantly Christian (55%) in Nigeria.
In The United States Zilai are 26.91% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 73.68% being registered with the political party.
Zilai earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 8.92% more than the national average, earning $46,997 USD per year.
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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 Zilai
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