Zimaya Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Zimaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Zimaya (9) may also be a first name.
Zimaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zimaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Zimaya is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Zimaya.
How Common Is The Last Name Zimaya? popularity and diffusion
Zimaya is the 10,311,814th most numerous family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Zimaya reside; 67 percent reside in West Africa and 67 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Zimaya is also the 3,941,740th most prevalent first name worldwide. It is borne by 9 people.
Zimaya is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 88,571,379. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Borno, where 50 percent are found and Federal Capital Territory, where 50 percent are found. Barring Nigeria it is found in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 33 percent are found.
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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 Zimaya
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