Shalihu Surname
Approximately 96 people bear this surname
Shalihu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 54 | 1:44,619 | 5,721 |
| Nigeria | 40 | 1:4,428,569 | 120,862 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Shalihu (28) may also be a first name.
Shalihu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shalihu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shalihu is found most frequently in Namibia. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shalihu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,894,523rd most widespread family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 75,911,937 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Shalihu reside; 56 percent reside in Southern Africa and 56 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Shalihu is also the 1,994,417th most numerous forename throughout the world, borne by 28 people.
This last name is most frequent in Namibia, where it is carried by 54 people, or 1 in 44,619. In Namibia it is primarily concentrated in: Omusati Region, where 50 percent reside, Khomas Region, where 46 percent reside and Erongo Region, where 2 percent reside. Beside Namibia this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 42 percent reside and Brazil, where 1 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 Shalihu
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