Ziwana Surname
Approximately 79 people bear this surname
Ziwana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 24 | 1:643,260 | 47,966 |
| South Africa | 23 | 1:2,355,552 | 98,611 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Ziwana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ziwana Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ziwana (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺯﻭﺍﻧﻪ) is carried by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Ziwana click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ziwana? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,121,169th most numerous surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 92,247,417 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Ziwana reside; 59 percent reside in Southern Africa and 59 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Ziwana is most frequently used in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 24 people, or 1 in 643,260. In Zimbabwe it is most frequent in: Manicaland Province, where 71 percent live, Masvingo Province, where 25 percent live and Midlands Province, where 4 percent live. Other than Zimbabwe it occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 29 percent live and The DR Congo, where 27 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ziwana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ziwana in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺯﻭﺍﻧﻪ | zwanh | - |
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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 Ziwana
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