Ziziwa Surname

1,943,350th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 92 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Ziziwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ziziwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon871:238,72523,654
Papua New Guinea51:1,630,743129,019

Ziziwa (11) may also be a first name.

Ziziwa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ziziwa occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ziziwa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,943,350th most widely held family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 79,212,456 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Ziziwa are found; 95 percent are found in Central Africa and 63 percent are found in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most commonly held first name internationally, held by 11 people.

Ziziwa is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is held by 87 people, or 1 in 238,725. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Adamawa Region, where 67 percent reside, East Region, where 32 percent reside and Centre Region, where 1 percent reside. Besides Cameroon Ziziwa occurs in one country. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Siziwa8318/
Ziziba8310/
Ziziwe839/
Zeziwa839/
Ziciwa832/
Zigiwa832/
Zijiwa831/
Chiziwa771,599/
Sezziwa773/
Zizihua773/
Zizieva772/
Djiziwa771/
Zitzihua7127/
Chizihwa7116/
Dzedziwa716/
Tzizihua714/
Zaitzewa711/
Tzitzihua671,532/
Siziva67580/
Sisiwa67180/
Jijiwa6796/
Zisiwe6795/
Giziba6794/
Siziwe6724/
Seziwa6712/
Gigiwa679/
Gijiwa679/
Zitzithua676/
Zigiba675/
Zizeva674/
Dzidzieva674/
Zizibi671/
Jigiwa671/
Zizivo671/
Gisiwa671/
Zeziwe671/
Gizewa671/
Zisiva671/
Giziwe671/
Dzidziwou671/

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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 Ziziwa
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