Zulani Surname

1,088,856th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 226 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Zulani Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zulani Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi1311:130,68014,293
South Africa581:934,09859,404
Malaysia141:2,106,73083,604
Indonesia91:14,694,355460,137
Zimbabwe61:2,573,040106,478
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
England11:55,718,059489,080
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Zulani (693) may also be a first name.

Zulani Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Zulani Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Zulani (Bengali: ঝুলনী, Marathi: झुलानी) is found most in Malawi. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of Zulani click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Zulani? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,088,856th most commonly occurring family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 32,245,778 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 87 percent of Zulani are found; 86 percent are found in Southern Africa and 86 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Zulani is also the 314,062nd most commonly used forename at a global level, borne by 693 people.

The surname is most frequently used in Malawi, where it is borne by 131 people, or 1 in 130,680. Not including Malawi this last name is found in 9 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 26 percent reside and Malaysia, where 6 percent reside.

Zulani Last Name Statistics demography

Zulani earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 78% less than the national average, earning R 52,272 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Zulani Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Zulani in the Bengali language
ঝুলনীjhulani-
Zulani in the Marathi language
झुलानीjhulani-

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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 Zulani
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