Shafatu Surname
Approximately 357 people bear this surname
Shafatu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 356 | 1:497,592 | 24,866 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
Shafatu (8,816) may also be a first name.
Shafatu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shafatu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shafatu occurs most in Nigeria. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shafatu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 790,102nd most frequent last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 20,413,294 people. The last name Shafatu is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Shafatu are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Shafatu is also the 66,622nd most frequently occurring first name globally, held by 8,816 people.
Shafatu is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 356 people, or 1 in 497,592. In Nigeria Shafatu is most frequent in: Zamfara, where 44 percent live, Sokoto, where 31 percent live and Bauchi, where 12 percent live. Not including Nigeria Shafatu occurs in one country. It also occurs in Ghana, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shafaatu | 93 | 2,613 | / |
| Shaafatu | 93 | 29 | / |
| Shafaitu | 93 | 7 | / |
| Shaifatu | 93 | 1 | / |
| Shaffatu | 93 | 1 | / |
| Shafeatu | 93 | 1 | / |
| Shafahtu | 93 | 1 | / |
| Safatu | 92 | 39 | / |
| Shafahatu | 88 | 42 | / |
| Shafa'atu | 88 | 1 | / |
| Sahafaatu | 88 | 1 | / |
| Shaafaatu | 88 | 1 | / |
| Shafaaatu | 88 | 1 | / |
| Saefatu | 86 | 1,989 | / |
| Safaatu | 86 | 45 | / |
| Shefatu | 86 | 14 | / |
| Saafatu | 86 | 5 | / |
| Saifatu | 86 | 4 | / |
| Safaitu | 86 | 3 | / |
| Saufatu | 86 | 2 | / |
| Safatou | 86 | 1 | / |
| Safeatu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Sahfatu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Safhatu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Shafetu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Safahatu | 80 | 6 | / |
| Safaatuh | 80 | 5 | / |
| Shefaatu | 80 | 5 | / |
| Chafatou | 80 | 4 | / |
| Hsafaatu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Safaatou | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sahfaatu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Shaphatu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Safotu | 77 | 49 | / |
| Sofatu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Chafaatou | 75 | 75 | / |
| Shefahatu | 75 | 5 | / |
| Safahatou | 75 | 2 | / |
| Chaffatou | 75 | 1 | / |
| Shaphaatu | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chaffaatou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chafahatou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sofatou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Seifatu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Seufatu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Saefetu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sefahatu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shephatu | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Shafatu
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