Ziraba Surname

168,472nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,565 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Ziraba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ziraba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda2,5431:15,3522,418
England121:4,643,172139,951
India51:153,413,076951,030
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

Ziraba (138) may also be a first name.

Ziraba Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ziraba Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Ziraba is found most in Uganda. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ziraba? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 168,472nd most numerous surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 2,841,149 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Ziraba live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 97 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Ziraba is also the 787,636th most numerous first name at a global level, borne by 138 people.

The surname is most widely held in Uganda, where it is borne by 2,543 people, or 1 in 15,352. In Uganda it is most prevalent in: Mayuge District, where 11 percent are found, Kamuli District, where 10 percent are found and Bugiri District, where 9 percent are found. Other than Uganda this last name exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent are found and India, where 0 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 Ziraba
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