Shihu Surname
Approximately 274 people bear this surname
Shihu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 252 | 1:702,947 | 32,409 |
| Taiwan | 14 | 1:1,674,625 | 11,030 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
Shihu (4,319) may also be a first name.
Shihu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shihu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shihu is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shihu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 953,750th most commonly occurring surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 26,596,883 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Shihu are found; 92 percent are found in West Africa and 92 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Shihu is also the 105,233rd most frequently used given name in the world It is held by 4,319 people.
Shihu is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 252 people, or 1 in 702,947. In Nigeria Shihu is most prevalent in: Sokoto, where 21 percent live, Zamfara, where 15 percent live and Kaduna, where 9 percent live. Aside from Nigeria it exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Taiwan, where 5 percent live and China, where 1 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 Shihu
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