Zei is used as a family name or surname in many languages. It is 3 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Zei
No. of characters: 3
Origin: Unknown
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Zei

How popular is Zei?

Zei is ranked 136308 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Zei bearers increased by 7.471264 per cent in 2010 US census to 187 since 2000, the surname slipped by 292 spots and ranked at 97210. 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 88.24 91.95
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 6.95 4.6
Others 3.21 0
Zei is not so popular last name but still a prevalent surname concentrated mainly in Ivory Coast which may be its originating country too. Around 2847 people have been found who wears Zei as their family name. Zei is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
28,661 Serbia8
153,990 Australia7
25,074 Greece3
14,054 China3
3,014 Taiwan2
50,640 Switzerland2
8,593 Slovenia2
91,784 Netherlands2
9,185 Hong Kong2
11,224 Cameroon2
26,123 Malaysia2
123,175 Tanzania1
91,024 Belgium1
31,584 Peru1
50,549 Georgia1
277,603 France1
172,258 Germany1
8,268 Mauritius1
20,172 Hungary1
31,207 Ireland1
77,122 Sweden1
14,373 Jordan1
4,171 Rwanda1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
21,562 Portugal1
28,365 Kenya1
37,493 Austria1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
144,062 Canada16
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
128,065 Indonesia59
Countries with hundreds of Zei:
2,690 Ivory Coast877
15,903 Italy661
31,115 Brazil382
2,354 Burkina Faso329
39,199 Philippines258
104,350 United States214
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

A. Zei worked as laborer and hailed from Italy. 20 years old embarked for New York from Havre on La Bretagne and arrived on December 31, 1888. Laborer Pampilio Zei, Sabatina Zei (26) Farmer, are other Zei that migrated to US.

Zei Namesakes

  • Abdelhalim Zeid, Journalist
  • Abdel Latif El Zein, Politician
  • Ali Zeidan, Former Prime Minister of Libya
  • Abeer Zeibak Haddad, Film actress
  • Abi Zeider, Musical Artist
  • Elie Abou Zeid, Actor
  • Adolf Zeising, Psychologist
  • Ahmad Zeidabadi, Journalist
  • Princess Fahrelnissa Zeid, Artist
  • Aly Zein, Actor

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