Shifu Surname
Approximately 800 people bear this surname
Shifu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 527 | 1:39,410 | 5,266 |
| DR Congo | 212 | 1:348,489 | 30,654 |
| Nigeria | 21 | 1:8,435,369 | 179,591 |
| Bangladesh | 9 | 1:17,706,308 | 13,537 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Maldives | 2 | 1:202,086 | 4,973 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Shifu (1,703) may also be a first name.
Shifu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shifu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shifu occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shifu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 430,675th most prevalent surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 9,109,432 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Shifu live; 92 percent live in Central Africa and 92 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 186,181st most frequently used given name world-wide, held by 1,703 people.
The last name Shifu is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is carried by 527 people, or 1 in 39,410. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Northwest Region, where 74 percent reside, Centre Region, where 11 percent reside and Southwest Region, where 6 percent reside. Aside from Cameroon this last name occurs in 15 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 27 percent reside and Nigeria, where 3 percent reside.
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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 Shifu
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