Shagah Surname
Approximately 37 people bear this surname
Shagah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 27 | 1:6,560,843 | 154,927 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Shagah (11) may also be a first name.
Shagah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shagah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shagah occurs most in Nigeria. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of Shagah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shagah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Shagah is the 3,228,735th most widely held surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 196,960,700 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 78 percent of Shagah reside; 73 percent reside in West Africa and 73 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most widespread first name internationally It is held by 11 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 27 people, or 1 in 6,560,843. In Nigeria Shagah is most common in: Plateau, where 78 percent reside, Benue, where 15 percent reside and Cross River, where 4 percent reside. Barring Nigeria it exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Saudi Arabia, where 11 percent reside and Yemen, where 5 percent reside.
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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 Shagah
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