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 surname Shagah is most common in Nigeria. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shagah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,228,735th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 196,960,700 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 78 percent of Shagah live; 73 percent live in West Africa and 73 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Shagah is also the 3,487,849th most widespread first name in the world, borne by 11 people.
The surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 27 people, or 1 in 6,560,843. In Nigeria Shagah is most numerous in: Plateau, where 78 percent live, Benue, where 15 percent live and Cross River, where 4 percent live. Besides Nigeria Shagah occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Saudi Arabia, where 11 percent live and Yemen, where 5 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 Shagah
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