Shayibu Surname
Approximately 8,259 people bear this surname
Shayibu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 7,760 | 1:22,828 | 2,018 |
| Ghana | 346 | 1:78,094 | 7,799 |
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| Zimbabwe | 45 | 1:343,072 | 32,830 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Shayibu (5,860) may also be a first name.
Shayibu Demographics
Shayibu Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Shayibu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shayibu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shayibu is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Shayibu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 60,925th most commonly held last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 882,376 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Shayibu live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Shayibu is also the 87,014th most frequently occurring forename throughout the world, borne by 5,860 people.
This last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 7,760 people, or 1 in 22,828. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Bauchi, where 40 percent are found, Yobe, where 31 percent are found and Gombe, where 7 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Ghana, where 4 percent are found and Malawi, where 1 percent are found.
Shayibu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is principally Muslim (96%) in Nigeria.
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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 Shayibu
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