Zain is used as a family name or surname in Yemen. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Zain
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Yemen
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Zain

How popular is Zain?

Zain is common in Yemen.

Zain is ranked 2809 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Zains grew by 14.21569 per cent to 233 since 2000 and ranked 81181 after elevating 4116 spots. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 45.06 55.39
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 34.76 27.45
Black 10.73 6.86
Others 4.72 7.84
Zain is quite popular family name mostly used in Pakistan while Sudan is ahead in terms of density. Around 196025 people have been found who wears Zain as their family name. Zain is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
16,914 Mauritania10
18,563 Nigeria7
13,220 Thailand6
4,997 Bangladesh4
14,054 China3
32,086 Mexico3
9,097 Wales3
50,640 Switzerland2
15,591 Burkina Faso2
10,858 Tunisia2
24,766 Scotland2
12,172 Ghana2
14,004 Hungary2
205 Eritrea2
23,858 Iran2
19,046 Ireland2
35,969 Denmark2
2,835 Libya2
91,784 Netherlands2
34,572 Israel2
2,085 Nepal2
34,681 Norway2
37,493 Austria1
10,683 Cyprus1
3,350 Fiji1
7,340 Democratic Republic of The Congo1
880 Djibouti1
123,175 Tanzania1
4,249 Cambodia1
5,467 Haiti1
66,560 Philippines1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
13,447 Uganda1
29,046 Japan1
32,942 Uzbekistan1
7,292 Vietnam1
24,460 Armenia1
9,498 Iceland1
16,640 Hong Kong1
7,191 Afghanistan1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
155,398 France49
89,397 Ukraine48
18,843 Chile36
62,367 Kazakhstan33
42,407 Sweden22
52,530 Belgium22
58,753 Belarus16
1,251 Maldives15
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
120,427 Russia91
31,348 Spain78
33,928 Australia65
49,493 Canada62
Countries with hundreds of Zain:
6,932 Algeria982
5,898 Morocco873
23,918 Germany437
64,024 India424
64,131 United States392
15,555 England366
15,141 Argentina358
1,073 Kuwait348
2,043 Lebanon314
13,426 Kenya314
39,161 Brazil286
1,485 Singapore284
153 Brunei278
21,535 South Africa274
914 Qatar263
681 Bahrain232
2,626 Oman186
27,627 Turkey175
Countries with thousands of Zain:
1,571 Indonesia9,895
372 Saudi Arabia8,811
403 Syria7,643
627 Iraq6,457
1,116 Sri Lanka2,413
723 Jordan1,418
800 United Arab Emirates1,277
Countries with ten thousands of Zain:
385 Pakistan71,536
140 Sudan28,351
452 Egypt25,332
285 Malaysia14,291
306 Yemen11,194
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Comments

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Dacia Duffy
 The origin of the name is Basque etymology of the name comes from the word meaning zain: goalkeeper; and by extension the place of keeper ie the lookout this surname specifies the location of the ancestral home.

Zain Namesakes

  • Mizal Zaini, Actor
  • Maher Zain, Singer
  • Ahamed Nazeer Zainulabdeen, Politician
  • Aliya Zainalova, Actress
  • Amirul Hadi Zainal, Soccer player
  • Daim Zainuddin, Politician
  • Zulfadli Zainal Abidin, Soccer player
  • Annisa Athia Zainun Faqiha, Musical Artist
  • Anuar Zain, Singer
  • Ahmad Azlan Zainal, Soccer player
  • In 2006, Samo Zain characterized the role of Adil in drama, romance film 90 Minutes.
  • Ahmed Al Zain played the leading role of Samir in 1985 drama, musical movie Amani Taht Qaous Qazah.

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