Zania Surname
Approximately 716 people bear this surname
Zania Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 315 | 1:234,538 | 22,701 |
| Indonesia | 144 | 1:918,397 | 68,422 |
| Greece | 128 | 1:86,561 | 14,651 |
| Ukraine | 53 | 1:858,919 | 84,338 |
| Papua New Guinea | 21 | 1:388,272 | 50,829 |
| Iran | 11 | 1:6,980,229 | 145,986 |
| Algeria | 9 | 1:4,292,395 | 48,087 |
| Uganda | 9 | 1:4,337,698 | 99,715 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
The alternate forms: Zânia (1) are calculated separately.
Zania (3,771) may also be a first name.
Zania Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zania Come From? nationality or country of origin
Zania (Arabic: زانيتا, Georgian: ზანია) occurs in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Zânia. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Zania? popularity and diffusion
The surname Zania is the 469,321st most frequent surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 10,178,137 people. Zania occurs mostly in Africa, where 47 percent of Zania are found; 44 percent are found in Central Africa and 44 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Zania is also the 114,615th most prevalent first name throughout the world, held by 3,771 people.
It is most commonly held in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 315 people, or 1 in 234,538. Excluding The DR Congo this last name exists in 26 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 20 percent are found and Greece, where 18 percent are found.
Zania Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Zania has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name decreased 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zania Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zania in the Georgian language | ||
| ზანია | zania | - |
| Zania in the Arabic language | ||
| زانيتا | zanyta | - |
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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 Zania
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