Shaahu Surname
Approximately 387 people bear this surname
Shaahu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 357 | 1:496,198 | 24,800 |
| Maldives | 12 | 1:33,681 | 1,888 |
| India | 10 | 1:76,706,538 | 639,611 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Shaahu (26) may also be a first name.
Shaahu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shaahu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shaahu (Marathi: शाहू) occurs most in Nigeria. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shaahu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 744,013th most prevalent last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 18,830,868 people. The surname Shaahu is mostly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Shaahu live; 92 percent live in West Africa and 92 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Shaahu is also the 2,084,397th most prevalent first name in the world, borne by 26 people.
The last name Shaahu is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 357 people, or 1 in 496,198. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Benue, where 90 percent live, Lagos, where 3 percent live and Federal Capital Territory, where 2 percent live. Not including Nigeria this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in The Maldives, where 3 percent live and India, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shaahu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shaahu in the Marathi language | ||
| शाहू | sahu | 77.78 |
| शाहु | sahu | 22.22 |
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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 Shaahu
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