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 may also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Shaihu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,111,382nd most commonly used surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 33,276,465 people. The last name Shaihu is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Shaihu live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 920,134th most commonly held first name internationally, borne by 105 people.
The surname Shaihu is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 212 people, or 1 in 835,579. In Nigeria Shaihu is most numerous in: Jigawa, where 17 percent live, Kano, where 16 percent live and Gombe, where 11 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Indonesia, where 3 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 Shaihu
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