Zouwa Surname
Approximately 25 people bear this surname
Zouwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 21 | 1:913,906 | 20,544 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Zouwa (833) may also be a first name.
Zouwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zouwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Zouwa is held by more people in Niger than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zouwa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,957,383rd most frequently occurring last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 291,501,837 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Zouwa live; 92 percent live in West Africa and 84 percent live in Chadic Africa. Zouwa is also the 282,935th most frequently used first name globally. It is borne by 833 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Niger, where it is borne by 21 people, or 1 in 913,906. In Niger it is primarily concentrated in: Maradi Region, where 38 percent are found, Tahoua Region, where 29 percent are found and Tillabéri Region, where 29 percent are found. Apart from Niger this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 4 percent are found and Burkina Faso, where 4 percent are found.
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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 Zouwa
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