Shaakaa Surname
Approximately 911 people bear this surname
Shaakaa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 911 | 1:194,449 | 11,732 |
Shaakaa (68) may also be a first name.
Shaakaa Demographics
Shaakaa Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Shaakaa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shaakaa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shaakaa is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shaakaa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 389,084th most frequently occurring family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 7,999,502 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Shaakaa reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,181,159th most frequently used first name world-wide, borne by 68 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 911 people, or 1 in 194,449. In Nigeria Shaakaa is most frequent in: Benue, where 66 percent live, Taraba, where 24 percent live and Plateau, where 3 percent live.
Shaakaa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Shaakaa surname is principally Christian (100%) in Nigeria.
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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 Shaakaa
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