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 more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Shiaka? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 350,471st most numerous surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 7,000,524 people. The last name Shiaka occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Shiaka reside; 55 percent reside in West Africa and 55 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Shiaka is also the 301,975th most frequently held given name throughout the world, borne by 742 people.
Shiaka is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 568 people, or 1 in 311,871. In Nigeria Shiaka is mostly concentrated in: Kogi, where 80 percent are found, Edo, where 4 percent are found and Federal Capital Territory, where 4 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this surname 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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