Zouwaira Surname
Approximately 99 people bear this surname
Zouwaira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 90 | 1:230,767 | 23,017 |
| Niger | 9 | 1:2,132,446 | 40,124 |
Zouwaira (1,509) may also be a first name.
Zouwaira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zouwaira Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Zouwaira is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zouwaira? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,860,621st most widespread family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 73,611,575 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Zouwaira live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 83 percent live in Chadic Africa. Zouwaira is also the 200,053rd most frequent first name internationally. It is borne by 1,509 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is held by 90 people, or 1 in 230,767. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Far North Region, where 61 percent reside, North Region, where 36 percent reside and Centre Region, where 1 percent reside. Besides Cameroon this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Niger, where 9 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 Zouwaira
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