Zorah Surname
Approximately 223 people bear this surname
Zorah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 93 | 1:825,619 | 40,849 |
| Iraq | 79 | 1:443,312 | 7,666 |
| Pakistan | 28 | 1:6,380,139 | 37,476 |
| Afghanistan | 8 | 1:4,019,148 | 21,487 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Zorah (819) may also be a first name.
Zorah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zorah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Zorah (Arabic: زوره) is found in Iran more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zorah? popularity and diffusion
Zorah is the 1,098,270th most widespread surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 32,679,578 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 96 percent of Zorah are found; 58 percent are found in South Asia and 58 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Zorah is also the 285,591st most commonly used forename globally, held by 819 people.
This last name is most common in Iran, where it is held by 93 people, or 1 in 825,619. In Iran Zorah is mostly concentrated in: Khuzestan Province, where 48 percent reside, Isfahan Province, where 30 percent reside and Tehran Province, where 22 percent reside. Not including Iran this last name is found in 14 countries. It is also found in Iraq, where 35 percent reside and Pakistan, where 13 percent reside.
Zorah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Zorah has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Zorah surname fell 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zorah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zorah in the Arabic language | ||
| زوره | zwrh | - |
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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 Zorah
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