Ishatu Surname
Approximately 164 people bear this surname
Ishatu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 84 | 1:2,108,842 | 73,007 |
| Cameroon | 80 | 1:259,613 | 25,186 |
Ishatu (1,357) may also be a first name.
Ishatu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ishatu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ishatu is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ishatu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,353,468th most commonly used last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 44,436,256 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ishatu reside; 51 percent reside in West Africa and 51 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ishatu is also the 212,886th most widely held first name globally, held by 1,357 people.
The last name Ishatu is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 84 people, or 1 in 2,108,842. In Nigeria Ishatu is primarily found in: Gombe, where 19 percent are found, Kogi, where 15 percent are found and Zamfara, where 12 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Cameroon, where 49 percent are found.
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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 Ishatu
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