Shagu Surname
Approximately 477 people bear this surname
Shagu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 449 | 1:394,527 | 20,761 |
| India | 22 | 1:34,866,608 | 408,224 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Shagu (475) may also be a first name.
Shagu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shagu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shagu (Hindi: शगु, Marathi: शागु, Oriya: ଶାଗୁ) is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shagu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 638,206th most widely held surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 15,277,874 people. Shagu is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Shagu reside; 94 percent reside in West Africa and 94 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 390,402nd most common given name globally, borne by 475 people.
Shagu is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 449 people, or 1 in 394,527. In Nigeria Shagu is most frequent in: Benue, where 94 percent reside, Federal Capital Territory, where 3 percent reside and Sokoto, where 1 percent reside. Beside Nigeria this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also common in India, where 5 percent reside and Pakistan, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shagu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shagu in the Oriya language | ||
| ଶାଗୁ | sagu | 83.33 |
| ଶଗୁ | sagu | 16.67 |
| Shagu in the Marathi language | ||
| शागु | sagu | 41.67 |
| शगु | sagu | 33.33 |
| शगू | sagu | 25 |
| Shagu in the Hindi language | ||
| शगु | sagu | 36.36 |
| शगू | sagu | 27.27 |
| शागू | sagu | 18.18 |
| शागु | sagu | 18.18 |
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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
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- 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 Shagu
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