Shanjo Surname
Approximately 50 people bear this surname
Shanjo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 43 | 1:4,119,599 | 115,187 |
| Cameroon | 7 | 1:2,967,010 | 123,373 |
Shanjo (165) may also be a first name.
Shanjo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shanjo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shanjo is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Shanjo? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,746,821st most prevalent surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 145,750,918 people. Shanjo is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Shanjo reside; 86 percent reside in West Africa and 86 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Shanjo is also the 712,876th most frequently used first name throughout the world, held by 165 people.
This last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 43 people, or 1 in 4,119,599. In Nigeria Shanjo is most numerous in: Benue, where 81 percent are found, Lagos, where 16 percent are found and Taraba, where 2 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 14 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 Shanjo
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