Shaau Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Shaau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
Shaau (38) may also be a first name.
Shaau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shaau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shaau is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shaau? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,360,413th most numerous surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 56 percent of Shaau reside; 56 percent reside in West Africa and 56 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,662,754th most frequent first name throughout the world, held by 38 people.
The last name Shaau is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 35,428,552. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Benue, where 80 percent live and Sokoto, where 20 percent live. Barring Nigeria it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 22 percent live and India, where 11 percent live.
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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 Shaau
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