Shikaw Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Shikaw Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 10 | 1:17,714,276 | 277,641 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
Shikaw Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shikaw Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shikaw occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shikaw? popularity and diffusion
The last name Shikaw is the 5,213,395th most frequently held family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Shikaw reside; 71 percent reside in West Africa and 71 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 17,714,276. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Sokoto, where 90 percent are found and Zamfara, where 10 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Egypt, where 29 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 Shikaw
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