Zoulay Surname
Approximately 303 people bear this surname
Zoulay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 218 | 1:177,209 | 21,974 |
| Jordan | 75 | 1:117,899 | 7,598 |
| Niger | 10 | 1:1,919,202 | 37,248 |
Zoulay (1,016) may also be a first name.
Zoulay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zoulay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Zoulay is borne by more people in Algeria than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Zoulay.
How Common Is The Last Name Zoulay? popularity and diffusion
The surname Zoulay is the 887,624th most numerous surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 24,051,307 people. Zoulay occurs predominantly in Africa, where 75 percent of Zoulay reside; 72 percent reside in North Africa and 72 percent reside in Mahgreb. It is also the 251,978th most commonly held first name internationally, held by 1,016 people.
The last name Zoulay is most commonly held in Algeria, where it is carried by 218 people, or 1 in 177,209. In Algeria it is primarily concentrated in: Tipasa Province, where 98 percent reside, Aïn Defla Province, where 2 percent reside and Tissemsilt Province, where 0 percent reside. Not including Algeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Jordan, where 25 percent reside and Niger, where 3 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Zoulay
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