Shamadu Surname

1,839,022nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 101 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Maldives

Shamadu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shamadu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria981:1,807,57965,389
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Maldives11:404,1727,269

Shamadu (37) may also be a first name.

Shamadu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Shamadu Come From? nationality or country of origin

Shamadu (Hindi: शमदु, Marathi: शामदु, Oriya: ଶମଦୁ) is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Shamadu.

How Common Is The Last Name Shamadu? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,839,022nd most frequently used last name on earth, held by around 1 in 72,153,920 people. The last name Shamadu is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Shamadu are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Shamadu is also the 1,688,769th most common first name throughout the world, held by 37 people.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 98 people, or 1 in 1,807,579. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Niger, where 86 percent live and Plateau, where 14 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 1 percent live and India, where 1 percent live.

Shamadu Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is predominantly Muslim (97%) in Nigeria.

Phonetically Similar Names

Shamadu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Shamadu in the Marathi language
शामदुsamadu-
Shamadu in the Oriya language
ଶମଦୁsamadu87.5
ଷମଦୁsamadu12.5
Shamadu in the Hindi language
शमदुsamadu60
शमदूsamadu40

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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 Shamadu
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