Shidow Surname
Approximately 752 people bear this surname
Shidow Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somalia | 735 | 1:18,302 | 1,119 |
| Kenya | 10 | 1:4,617,990 | 42,693 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
Shidow (13) may also be a first name.
Shidow Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shidow Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shidow is more frequently found in Somalia than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shidow? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 451,630th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 9,690,886 people. The last name Shidow occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Shidow are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in Cushitic Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, held by 13 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Somalia, where it is held by 735 people, or 1 in 18,302. Apart from Somalia this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 1 percent live and Tanzania, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sheidow | 92 | 81 | / |
| Shidhow | 92 | 4 | / |
| Sidow | 91 | 3,513 | / |
| Schiedow | 86 | 27 | / |
| Scheidow | 86 | 1 | / |
| Siedow | 83 | 419 | / |
| Shidov | 83 | 224 | / |
| Shedow | 83 | 113 | / |
| Saidow | 83 | 17 | / |
| Seidow | 83 | 16 | / |
| Sidowe | 83 | 6 | / |
| Sidoow | 83 | 4 | / |
| Chidow | 83 | 3 | / |
| Shydow | 83 | 1 | / |
| Shidova | 77 | 214 | / |
| Shaidov | 77 | 29 | / |
| Sidouwe | 77 | 20 | / |
| Saidowa | 77 | 9 | / |
| Seidowa | 77 | 9 | / |
| Sheidov | 77 | 2 | / |
| Schidov | 77 | 2 | / |
| Shiedov | 77 | 1 | / |
| Shedowa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Siddowe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Schedow | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sydow | 73 | 5,650 | / |
| Sedow | 73 | 406 | / |
| Sidov | 73 | 360 | / |
| Sidof | 73 | 106 | / |
| Zidow | 73 | 105 | / |
| Südow | 73 | 45 | / |
| Sudow | 73 | 34 | / |
| Sidaw | 73 | 5 | / |
| Shaidova | 71 | 30 | / |
| Sheidova | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sehedowa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Saidouwe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Saidov | 67 | 288,376 | / |
| Seidov | 67 | 10,697 | / |
| Shedov | 67 | 354 | / |
| Sidova | 67 | 214 | / |
| Hsidof | 67 | 83 | / |
| Sidoff | 67 | 67 | / |
| Sidawe | 67 | 38 | / |
| Shydov | 67 | 34 | / |
| Seidof | 67 | 26 | / |
| Seydow | 67 | 23 | / |
| Saidaw | 67 | 20 | / |
| Shudov | 67 | 18 | / |
| Soidov | 67 | 15 | / |
| Sedowa | 67 | 13 | / |
| Saidof | 67 | 12 | / |
| Chidov | 67 | 7 | / |
| Sedowe | 67 | 6 | / |
| Sidoov | 67 | 6 | / |
| Shidav | 67 | 6 | / |
| Seedow | 67 | 5 | / |
| Szedow | 67 | 4 | / |
| Sudhow | 67 | 4 | / |
| Saidob | 67 | 2 | / |
| Suidov | 67 | 2 | / |
| Sidoev | 67 | 2 | / |
| Zaidow | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shedof | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ceidow | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sidhuw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shidab | 67 | 1 | / |
| Siedob | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sidhaw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sydows | 67 | 1 | / |
| Seddow | 67 | 1 | / |
| Siedov | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chedow | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shidaf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sydeow | 67 | 0 | / |
| Schidhoff | 67 | 0 | / |
| Shedaw | 67 | 0 | / |
| Suddow | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Shidow
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