Sheun Surname
Approximately 230 people bear this surname
Sheun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 199 | 1:890,165 | 38,757 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Hong Kong | 9 | 1:815,054 | 3,802 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 2 | 1:1,871,608 | 27,884 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Sheun (865) may also be a first name.
Sheun Demographics
Sheun Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Sheun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sheun Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sheun (Hindi: शेऊन) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Sheun click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sheun? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,076,574th most frequently occurring family name globally It is held by around 1 in 31,684,982 people. Sheun is predominantly found in Africa, where 87 percent of Sheun reside; 87 percent reside in West Africa and 87 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 276,748th most numerous forename on earth. It is borne by 865 people.
It is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 199 people, or 1 in 890,165. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Kwara, where 32 percent reside, Lagos, where 17 percent reside and Zamfara, where 8 percent reside. Besides Nigeria it occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in England, where 4 percent reside and Hong Kong, where 4 percent reside.
Sheun Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Sheun has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Sheun surname decreased 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Sheun Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Sheun surname is predominantly Christian (70%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sheun Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sheun in the Hindi language | ||
| शेऊन | se'una | - |
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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 Sheun
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