Zuwan Surname
Approximately 30 people bear this surname
Zuwan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 24 | 1:183,689 | 12,460 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Zuwan (960) may also be a first name.
Zuwan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zuwan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Zuwan occurs in Liberia more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Zuwan click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zuwan? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,602,217th most common surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 242,918,197 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 83 percent of Zuwan live; 83 percent live in West Africa and 80 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 260,392nd most frequent forename globally, held by 960 people.
Zuwan is most common in Liberia, where it is borne by 24 people, or 1 in 183,689. In Liberia it is most common in: Bong County, where 75 percent reside, Lofa County, where 21 percent reside and Montserrado County, where 4 percent reside. Besides Liberia Zuwan exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 17 percent reside and Nigeria, 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 Zuwan
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