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 surname Shigu (Oriya: ଶିଗୁ) occurs most in Tanzania. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Shigu.
How Common Is The Last Name Shigu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Shigu is the 798,040th most frequent family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 20,703,255 people. The surname Shigu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 87 percent of Shigu are found; 82 percent are found in East Africa and 82 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 95,107th most commonly used first name world-wide It is held by 5,094 people.
The surname Shigu is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is held by 289 people, or 1 in 183,189. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Simiyu Region, where 100 percent reside. Apart from Tanzania Shigu occurs in 16 countries. It is also found in China, where 5 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 4 percent reside.
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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