Shemau Surname
Approximately 212 people bear this surname
Shemau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 211 | 1:839,539 | 37,032 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
Shemau (15,085) may also be a first name.
Shemau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shemau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shemau is found most in Nigeria. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shemau? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,136,896th most commonly used family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 34,375,217 people. The surname Shemau occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Shemau are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 46,209th most frequently used first name world-wide. It is borne by 15,085 people.
Shemau is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 211 people, or 1 in 839,539. In Nigeria Shemau is most common in: Zamfara, where 27 percent live, Bauchi, where 19 percent live and Kano, where 18 percent live. Apart from Nigeria Shemau occurs in one country. It also occurs in Ghana, where 0 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 Shemau
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