Shefiru Surname
Approximately 59 people bear this surname
Shefiru Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 58 | 1:3,054,185 | 94,504 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Shefiru (96) may also be a first name.
Shefiru Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shefiru Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shefiru occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of Shefiru click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shefiru? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,506,728th most commonly held surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 123,517,727 people. The last name Shefiru occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Shefiru are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Shefiru is also the 968,397th most numerous first name throughout the world. It is borne by 96 people.
The surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 58 people, or 1 in 3,054,185. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Kano, where 40 percent are found, Zamfara, where 28 percent are found and Niger, where 10 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Brazil, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sefiru | 92 | 5 | / |
| Shafiru | 86 | 66 | / |
| Shifiru | 86 | 1 | / |
| Sefirus | 86 | 1 | / |
| Sheferhu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sheferau | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sefuru | 77 | 132 | / |
| Safiru | 77 | 76 | / |
| Seifuru | 71 | 66 | / |
| Seferou | 71 | 47 | / |
| Saffiru | 71 | 5 | / |
| Seferus | 71 | 3 | / |
| Seferui | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shiferu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Safairu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Saphiru | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shafuru | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sifirus | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shofurui | 67 | 89 | / |
| Cheferou | 67 | 7 | / |
| Shaphiru | 67 | 5 | / |
| Chifirou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shiferahu | 63 | 25 | / |
| Chefferou | 63 | 1 | / |
| Zeferu | 62 | 51 | / |
| Safuru | 62 | 10 | / |
| Sofuru | 62 | 9 | / |
| Saifuru | 57 | 4 | / |
| Safurau | 57 | 3 | / |
| Sephuru | 57 | 2 | / |
| Zefyrou | 57 | 2 | / |
| Zefferu | 57 | 2 | / |
| Safurou | 57 | 1 | / |
| Siphuru | 57 | 1 | / |
| Chifferou | 50 | 5 | / |
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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 Shefiru
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis