Zitan Surname
Approximately 1,421 people bear this surname
Zitan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 1,329 | 1:25,941 | 4,108 |
| Spain | 53 | 1:882,114 | 34,832 |
| Russia | 26 | 1:5,543,194 | 237,148 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Zitán (1) are calculated separately.
Zitan (1,693) may also be a first name.
Zitan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zitan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Zitan (Arabic: زيتان, Hindi: जीतन, Marathi: िझटन, Russian: Зитан) is held by more people in Morocco than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Zitán. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Zitan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 273,609th most widely held surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 5,128,463 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of Zitan live; 94 percent live in North Africa and 94 percent live in Mahgreb. It is also the 186,876th most commonly used first name internationally, borne by 1,693 people.
The surname is most numerous in Morocco, where it is borne by 1,329 people, or 1 in 25,941. Besides Morocco it occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in Spain, where 4 percent are found and Russia, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zitan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zitan in the Hindi language | ||
| जीतन | jitana | - |
| Zitan in the Marathi language | ||
| िझटन | ijhatana | 75 |
| झीटन | jhitana | 25 |
| Zitan in the Russian language | ||
| Зитан | zitan | - |
| Zitan in the Arabic language | ||
| زيتان | zytan | - |
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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 Zitan
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