Shansu Surname
Approximately 41 people bear this surname
Shansu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 37 | 1:4,787,642 | 126,894 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
Shansu (750) may also be a first name.
Shansu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shansu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shansu is most common in Nigeria. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Shansu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shansu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Shansu is the 3,055,934th most frequently held surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 177,745,022 people. The surname Shansu is primarily found in Africa, where 93 percent of Shansu live; 90 percent live in West Africa and 90 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Shansu is also the 300,135th most widely held first name world-wide, borne by 750 people.
Shansu is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 37 people, or 1 in 4,787,642. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Zamfara, where 57 percent reside, Sokoto, where 24 percent reside and Benue, where 11 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in India, where 5 percent reside and Cameroon, where 2 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 Shansu
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