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 surname Zorah (Arabic: زوره) is most common in Iran. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zorah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,098,270th most frequently held surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 32,679,578 people. The surname Zorah is mostly found in Asia, where 96 percent of Zorah live; 58 percent live in South Asia and 58 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Zorah is also the 285,591st most common forename worldwide, borne by 819 people.
The surname Zorah is most prevalent in Iran, where it is carried by 93 people, or 1 in 825,619. In Iran Zorah is most numerous in: Khuzestan Province, where 48 percent live, Isfahan Province, where 30 percent live and Tehran Province, where 22 percent live. Apart from Iran this surname is found in 14 countries. It is also found in Iraq, where 35 percent live and Pakistan, where 13 percent live.
Zorah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Zorah has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Zorah last name declined 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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