Shihango Surname
Approximately 32 people bear this surname
Shihango Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 20 | 1:120,470 | 9,225 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
Shihango Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shihango Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shihango is carried by more people in Namibia than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Shihango? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,485,539th most frequent last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. The last name Shihango occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Shihango live; 72 percent live in Southern Africa and 72 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most common in Namibia, where it is borne by 20 people, or 1 in 120,470. In Namibia Shihango is primarily found in: Oshana Region, where 65 percent live, Otjozondjupa Region, where 20 percent live and Khomas Region, where 5 percent live. Besides Namibia Shihango is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 28 percent live and South Africa, where 9 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 Shihango
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