Zvanaka Surname

1,484,726th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 142 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Zvanaka Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Zvanaka Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe1371:112,68815,411
Botswana41:546,73222,624
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187

Zvanaka (310) may also be a first name.

Zvanaka Last Name Facts

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

The surname Zvanaka is more frequently found in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Zvanaka? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,484,726th most widely held surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 51,320,746 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Zvanaka live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Zvanaka is also the 499,178th most frequent first name globally, held by 310 people.

It is most frequently used in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 137 people, or 1 in 112,688. In Zimbabwe Zvanaka is most frequent in: Masvingo Province, where 74 percent reside, Mashonaland East Province, where 7 percent reside and Midlands Province, where 7 percent reside. Besides Zimbabwe this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Botswana, where 3 percent reside and Kuwait, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Zvainaka9326/
Zvenhaka807/
Jvanauskas713/
Svonakad671/
Zveineka671/
Svainauskas671/
Suenaka57112/
Zuonaki578/
Suanake578/
Suhanoka532/
Jvanoski531/
Zvoneiko531/
Juanakee530/
Jvannache501/
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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 Zvanaka
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