Zouai Surname
Approximately 2,601 people bear this surname
Zouai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 2,195 | 1:17,600 | 3,222 |
| Morocco | 204 | 1:169,000 | 29,345 |
| France | 160 | 1:415,142 | 60,629 |
| Ivory Coast | 15 | 1:1,538,082 | 31,691 |
| Tunisia | 6 | 1:101,771 | 14,710 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
The alternate forms: Zouaï (2) are calculated separately.
Zouai (151) may also be a first name.
Zouai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zouai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Zouai is found in Algeria more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant: Zouaï. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zouai? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 166,419th most commonly occurring surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 2,801,825 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Zouai live; 92 percent live in North Africa and 92 percent live in Mahgreb. It is also the 749,223rd most commonly occurring forename on earth, borne by 151 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Algeria, where it is held by 2,195 people, or 1 in 17,600. In Algeria it is most frequent in: Algiers Province, where 40 percent reside, Tébessa Province, where 23 percent reside and Biskra Province, where 9 percent reside. Aside from Algeria Zouai occurs in 13 countries. It also occurs in Morocco, where 8 percent reside and France, where 6 percent reside.
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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
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