Shekano Surname
Approximately 25 people bear this surname
Shekano Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 22 | 1:8,051,944 | 174,166 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Shekano Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shekano Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shekano occurs most in Nigeria. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of Shekano click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shekano? popularity and diffusion
The surname Shekano is the 3,957,383rd most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 291,501,837 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Shekano reside; 88 percent reside in West Africa and 88 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Shekano is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 22 people, or 1 in 8,051,944. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Plateau, where 64 percent live and Kaduna, where 36 percent live. Barring Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 8 percent live and The DR Congo, where 4 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
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- 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 Shekano
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