Shiaka Surname
Approximately 1,041 people bear this surname
Shiaka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 568 | 1:311,871 | 17,288 |
| Egypt | 305 | 1:301,429 | 19,796 |
| Kenya | 86 | 1:536,976 | 26,431 |
| Zambia | 31 | 1:511,288 | 22,588 |
| India | 23 | 1:33,350,669 | 396,143 |
| South Africa | 10 | 1:5,417,770 | 150,016 |
| Sierra Leone | 4 | 1:1,772,408 | 958 |
| Cyprus | 3 | 1:294,959 | 8,690 |
| Liberia | 3 | 1:1,469,512 | 38,766 |
| Barbados | 2 | 1:143,724 | 1,981 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Shiaka (742) may also be a first name.
Shiaka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shiaka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shiaka is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Shiaka.
How Common Is The Last Name Shiaka? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 350,471st most frequent family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 7,000,524 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Shiaka are found; 55 percent are found in West Africa and 55 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Shiaka is also the 301,975th most commonly held given name in the world, borne by 742 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 568 people, or 1 in 311,871. In Nigeria Shiaka is most prevalent in: Kogi, where 80 percent are found, Edo, where 4 percent are found and Federal Capital Territory, where 4 percent are found. Barring Nigeria this last name is found in 13 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 29 percent are found and Kenya, where 8 percent are found.
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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 Shiaka
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