Shigwa Surname
Approximately 115 people bear this surname
Shigwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 94 | 1:1,884,497 | 67,423 |
| Tanzania | 20 | 1:2,647,081 | 48,780 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Shigwa (16) may also be a first name.
Shigwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shigwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shigwa is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shigwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,701,480th most frequently occurring last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 63,369,964 people. The last name Shigwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Shigwa live; 82 percent live in West Africa and 82 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Shigwa is also the 2,786,762nd most frequently held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 16 people.
The last name Shigwa is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 94 people, or 1 in 1,884,497. In Nigeria Shigwa is primarily concentrated in: Benue, where 52 percent are found, Taraba, where 34 percent are found and Borno, where 12 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 17 percent are found and India, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Shigwa
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