Zuwara Surname
Approximately 122 people bear this surname
Zuwara Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 102 | 1:1,736,694 | 63,540 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
Zuwara (2,551) may also be a first name.
Zuwara Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zuwara Come From? nationality or country of origin
Zuwara is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Zuwara? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,637,889th most widely held surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 59,733,983 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 85 percent of Zuwara reside; 84 percent reside in West Africa and 84 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 145,878th most widespread first name throughout the world It is held by 2,551 people.
It is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 102 people, or 1 in 1,736,694. In Nigeria Zuwara is mostly found in: Sokoto, where 23 percent are found, Zamfara, where 21 percent are found and Bauchi, where 20 percent are found. Beside Nigeria this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Iraq, where 13 percent are found and Cameroon, where 1 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
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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 Zuwara
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