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) occurs more in Iran more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zorah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,098,270th most numerous surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 32,679,578 people. The surname Zorah is predominantly found in Asia, where 96 percent of Zorah reside; 58 percent reside in South Asia and 58 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 285,591st most commonly occurring first name throughout the world. It is borne by 819 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Iran, where it is held by 93 people, or 1 in 825,619. In Iran it is primarily found in: Khuzestan Province, where 48 percent are found, Isfahan Province, where 30 percent are found and Tehran Province, where 22 percent are found. Not including Iran this surname is found in 14 countries. It is also common in Iraq, where 35 percent are found and Pakistan, where 13 percent are found.
Zorah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Zorah has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name decreased 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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