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
The surname Shifu is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shifu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 430,675th most frequent surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 9,109,432 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Shifu reside; 92 percent reside in Central Africa and 92 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 186,181st most commonly held first name at a global level, held by 1,703 people.
Shifu is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is held by 527 people, or 1 in 39,410. In Cameroon Shifu is most prevalent in: Northwest Region, where 74 percent live, Centre Region, where 11 percent live and Southwest Region, where 6 percent live. Not including Cameroon it is found in 15 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 27 percent live and Nigeria, 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 Shifu
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