Halisu Surname
Approximately 307 people bear this surname
Halisu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 236 | 1:750,605 | 34,037 |
| Indonesia | 70 | 1:1,889,274 | 120,273 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
Halisu (335) may also be a first name.
Halisu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Halisu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Halisu is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Halisu? popularity and diffusion
Halisu is the 878,878th most frequently used family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 23,737,935 people. Halisu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 77 percent of Halisu live; 77 percent live in West Africa and 77 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Halisu is also the 478,225th most frequently held forename internationally. It is borne by 335 people.
The last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 236 people, or 1 in 750,605. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Zamfara, where 19 percent live, Jigawa, where 16 percent live and Sokoto, where 11 percent live. Apart from Nigeria Halisu occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 23 percent live and Ghana, where 0 percent live.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Halisu
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