Shandam Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Shandam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 17 | 1:10,420,162 | 203,261 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Shandam (2,124) may also be a first name.
Shandam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shandam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shandam is found most in Nigeria. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Shandam click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shandam? popularity and diffusion
The surname Shandam is the 4,649,889th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Shandam are found; 94 percent are found in West Africa and 94 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Shandam is also the 163,067th most frequently used first name at a global level, borne by 2,124 people.
The surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 17 people, or 1 in 10,420,162. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Plateau, where 82 percent are found and Nasarawa, where 18 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in India, where 6 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 Shandam
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