Shaihu Surname
Approximately 219 people bear this surname
Shaihu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 212 | 1:835,579 | 36,885 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
Shaihu (105) may also be a first name.
Shaihu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shaihu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shaihu is most common in Nigeria. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shaihu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Shaihu is the 1,111,382nd most commonly occurring surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 33,276,465 people. The last name Shaihu is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Shaihu reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Shaihu is also the 920,134th most frequently held first name in the world, held by 105 people.
Shaihu is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 212 people, or 1 in 835,579. In Nigeria Shaihu is primarily found in: Jigawa, where 17 percent are found, Kano, where 16 percent are found and Gombe, where 11 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria it occurs in one country. It is also found in Indonesia, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Shaihu
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