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
The surname Shaahu (Marathi: शाहू) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shaahu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 744,013th most commonly occurring last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 18,830,868 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Shaahu are found; 92 percent are found in West Africa and 92 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,084,397th most frequent first name on earth, held by 26 people.
The surname Shaahu is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 357 people, or 1 in 496,198. In Nigeria it is most common in: Benue, where 90 percent live, Lagos, where 3 percent live and Federal Capital Territory, where 2 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this surname is found 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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