Shgun Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Shgun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Shgun (27) may also be a first name.
Shgun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shgun Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shgun (Hindi: शगुन, Marathi: शगुन) occurs most in Nigeria. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shgun? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 8,193,072nd most commonly occurring surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname Shgun is mostly found in Africa, where 80 percent of Shgun reside; 80 percent reside in West Africa and 80 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Shgun is also the 2,036,353rd most frequently held first name throughout the world, held by 27 people.
Shgun is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 44,285,690. In Nigeria Shgun is primarily found in: Lagos, where 50 percent live, Kano, where 25 percent live and Nasarawa, where 25 percent live. Not including Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It is also common in India, where 20 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shgun Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shgun in the Marathi language | ||
| शगुन | saguna | - |
| Shgun in the Hindi language | ||
| शगुन | saguna | 66.67 |
| शगून | saguna | 33.33 |
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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 Shgun
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