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 surname Shiaka is found most in Nigeria. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shiaka? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 350,471st most widely held surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 7,000,524 people. Shiaka occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Shiaka live; 55 percent live in West Africa and 55 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 301,975th most commonly held first name globally, borne by 742 people.
The last name Shiaka is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 568 people, or 1 in 311,871. In Nigeria Shiaka is mostly found in: Kogi, where 80 percent are found, Edo, where 4 percent are found and Federal Capital Territory, where 4 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this surname exists 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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