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 in Namibia. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Shalihu.
How Common Is The Last Name Shalihu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,894,523rd most common family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 75,911,937 people. This surname is predominantly 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 prevalent forename throughout the world It is held by 28 people.
The last name Shalihu is most widely held in Namibia, where it is carried by 54 people, or 1 in 44,619. In Namibia Shalihu is mostly concentrated in: Omusati Region, where 50 percent reside, Khomas Region, where 46 percent reside and Erongo Region, where 2 percent reside. Without taking into account Namibia this last name exists 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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