Shikena Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Shikena Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
Shikena (72) may also be a first name.
Shikena Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shikena Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shikena occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Shikena? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 6,063,924th most frequently held last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 80 percent of Shikena are found; 60 percent are found in West Africa and 60 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Shikena is also the 1,143,416th most frequent first name at a global level, borne by 72 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 29,523,793. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Nasarawa, where 83 percent are found and Benue, where 17 percent are found. Not including Nigeria it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 20 percent are found and Zambia, where 20 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 Shikena
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