Sabitu Surname

34,451st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15,384 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Sabitu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sabitu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria15,2921:11,5841,204
Indonesia351:3,778,548197,284
United States191:19,076,786604,894
Papua New Guinea181:452,98457,838
Canada71:5,263,656239,735
Ethiopia41:24,386,56619,165
England31:18,572,686338,250
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403

Sabitu (15,802) may also be a first name.

Sabitu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sabitu Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Sabitu has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sabitu? popularity and diffusion

The surname Sabitu is the 34,451st most commonly used last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 473,709 people. Sabitu is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Sabitu live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 44,783rd most frequently used first name globally It is held by 15,802 people.

This surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 15,292 people, or 1 in 11,584. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Borno, where 12 percent are found, Jigawa, where 10 percent are found and Oyo, where 9 percent are found. Beside Nigeria it exists in 10 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 0 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.

Sabitu Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is primarily Muslim (98%) in Nigeria.

Sabitu earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 21.09% more than the national average, earning $52,250 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sabitou921,182/
Sabitus9249/
Shabitu9215/
Saabitu9213/
Sabittu927/
Sabiteu926/
Saibitu925/
Sabitui924/
Sabithu922/
Sabituy921/
Siabitu921/
Sabitau921/
Saubitu921/
Sabittou862/
Sabiotou861/
Sabietou861/
Sahabitu861/
Shabittu861/
Sabetu8315/
Cabitu8311/
Zabitu838/
Jabitu832/
Sebitu831/
Sobitu831/
Savitu831/
Sawitus7720/
Cabeitu7712/
Sabetou772/
Savitau772/
Ssebitu771/
Shebitu771/
Saweitou7110/
Zabeitou713/
Chabitou713/
Shampitu711/
Sebetu67147/
Sobetu6736/
Savetu6718/
Cabetu671/

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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 Sabitu
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