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 occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shifu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Shifu is the 430,675th most prevalent family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 9,109,432 people. The last name Shifu 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 frequent first name world-wide It is held by 1,703 people.
Shifu is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is held by 527 people, or 1 in 39,410. In Cameroon Shifu is primarily concentrated in: Northwest Region, where 74 percent live, Centre Region, where 11 percent live and Southwest Region, where 6 percent live. Besides Cameroon this last name exists in 15 countries. It also occurs 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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