Shigu Surname
Approximately 352 people bear this surname
Shigu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 289 | 1:183,189 | 15,886 |
| China | 19 | 1:71,964,293 | 3,948 |
| Zimbabwe | 13 | 1:1,187,557 | 68,998 |
| Taiwan | 10 | 1:2,344,475 | 14,894 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
Shigu (5,094) may also be a first name.
Shigu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shigu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shigu (Oriya: ଶିଗୁ) is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shigu? popularity and diffusion
Shigu is the 798,040th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 20,703,255 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 87 percent of Shigu reside; 82 percent reside in East Africa and 82 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Shigu is also the 95,107th most prevalent given name throughout the world, borne by 5,094 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 289 people, or 1 in 183,189. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Simiyu Region, where 100 percent live. Excluding Tanzania this surname exists in 16 countries. It is also found in China, where 5 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shigu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shigu in the Oriya language | ||
| ଶିଗୁ | sigu | - |
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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
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- 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 Shigu
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