Zaina is used as a family name or surname in Italy. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Zaina
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Italy
Meaning: Two possibilities: either a name of northern Italy, carried in Friuli and Lombardy, the Italian equivalent of "zana" (= basket, see also "zaino" = knapsack). Is an Arab person name evoking beauty, nobility (derived from zayn).

How popular is Zaina?

Zaina is common in Italy.

Zaina is ranked 76197 on our list.

Zaina is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Malawi which signifies that it is originated from Malawi. Around 5819 people have been found who wears Zaina as their family name. Zaina is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
1,411 Democratic Republic of The Congo6
4,921 Uganda5
19,452 Malaysia3
2,672 Mozambique3
24,547 Saudi Arabia3
144,523 Kazakhstan2
5,300 Syria2
20,186 Kenya2
1,328 Congo2
65,594 Belgium2
172,258 Germany1
15,705 Cameroon1
17,768 Pakistan1
49,529 Israel1
62,864 New Zealand1
10,190 Bahrain1
29,046 Japan1
101,414 Kyrgyzstan1
118,015 Netherlands1
66,560 Philippines1
36,814 Romania1
56,169 Mexico1
8,268 Mauritius1
12,270 Lebanon1
23,434 Burkina Faso1
3,214 Niger1
13,606 Senegal1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
61,670 Canada48
55,100 Spain33
423,109 United States32
36,547 Switzerland27
126,462 England22
1,017 Maldives20
186,451 Ukraine16
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
104,308 France86
45,171 Tanzania73
36,287 Australia59
4,367 Qatar58
17,601 United Arab Emirates54
Countries with hundreds of Zaina:
16,005 Brazil827
6,990 Morocco738
33,454 Indonesia305
18,059 Argentina299
11,257 Zimbabwe167
32,575 South Africa164
95,403 Russia124
142,602 India123
Countries with thousands of Zaina:
2,016 Malawi1,467
10,514 Italy1,030
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

Miner Giovanni Zaina from Italy, Italy aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm Ii from Genoa & Gibraltar. He is registered to be 42 years old when he arrived in San Francisco on February 7, 1894. Country man Raffaele Zaina, 23 years old Rinaldo Zaina, are other Zaina that migrated to US.

Comments

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Odette Nell
 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.

Zaina Namesakes

  • Aliya Zainalova, Actress
  • Amirul Hadi Zainal, Soccer player
  • Zulfadli Zainal Abidin, Soccer player
  • Ahmad Azlan Zainal, Soccer player
  • Faizal Zainal, Soccer player
  • Abdul Halim Zainal, Soccer player
  • Enrico Zaina, Bicycler
  • Raja Nong Chik Zainal Abidin, Malaysian Politician
  • Evi Zainal, Bunga Zainal's mother
  • Faizal Zainal, Soccer player

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