Family name Zhanabayev (Жанабаев 
, Zhanabayev 
) , in the world, is quite a rare surname. The last name Zhanabayev is habitual in Azerbaijan, where it is quite a common surname, Kazakhstan, and Armenia, where it is a rare surname. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, and Russia. Much less frequently, Zhanabayev is the forename as well as the last name.