Shidawa Surname
Approximately 237 people bear this surname
Shidawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 157 | 1:1,128,298 | 46,367 |
| Cameroon | 72 | 1:288,459 | 27,220 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Shidawa (79) may also be a first name.
Shidawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shidawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shidawa occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shidawa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,055,483rd most commonly held last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 30,749,139 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Shidawa live; 66 percent live in West Africa and 66 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,083,225th most common first name throughout the world, borne by 79 people.
Shidawa is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 157 people, or 1 in 1,128,298. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Taraba, where 71 percent live, Plateau, where 13 percent live and Kaduna, where 7 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 30 percent live and India, where 3 percent live.
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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 Shidawa
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