Sheitu Surname
Approximately 97 people bear this surname
Sheitu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 87 | 1:2,036,124 | 71,256 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Sheitu (76) may also be a first name.
Sheitu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sheitu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sheitu occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Sheitu.
How Common Is The Last Name Sheitu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sheitu is the 1,882,912th most widely held family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 75,129,339 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Sheitu live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,107,702nd most common first name worldwide It is held by 76 people.
The last name Sheitu is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 87 people, or 1 in 2,036,124. In Nigeria Sheitu is primarily concentrated in: Zamfara, where 54 percent live, Sokoto, where 23 percent live and Niger, where 7 percent live. Aside from Nigeria it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Ghana, where 9 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.
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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 Sheitu
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