Shitan Surname
Approximately 105 people bear this surname
Shitan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 38 | 1:4,661,652 | 124,734 |
| India | 30 | 1:25,568,846 | 339,406 |
| Philippines | 22 | 1:4,601,737 | 165,269 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Shitan (3,413) may also be a first name.
Shitan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shitan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shitan (Bengali: শীতন, Hindi: शीतन, Marathi: िशतान, Oriya: ଶିତନ) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shitan? popularity and diffusion
The surname Shitan is the 1,795,579th most commonly held family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 69,405,199 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 62 percent of Shitan live; 36 percent live in West Africa and 36 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 121,859th most widely held first name globally It is held by 3,413 people.
This surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 38 people, or 1 in 4,661,652. In Nigeria it is most common in: Oyo, where 26 percent are found, Lagos, where 18 percent are found and Ogun, where 18 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this surname occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in India, where 29 percent are found and The Philippines, where 21 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shitan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shitan in the Oriya language | ||
| ଶିତନ | sitana | - |
| Shitan in the Hindi language | ||
| शीतन | sitana | 73.68 |
| शितन | sitana | 10.53 |
| शीटन | sitana | 7.89 |
| शिटन | sitana | 2.63 |
| शीटान | sitana | 2.63 |
| शितान | sitana | 2.63 |
| Shitan in the Bengali language | ||
| শীতন | sitana | 66.67 |
| সিতন | sitana | 16.67 |
| সিটন | sitana | 8.33 |
| শিতন | sitana | 8.33 |
| Shitan in the Marathi language | ||
| िशतान | isatana | 48.08 |
| िशतन | isatana | 34.62 |
| िशतण | isatana | 7.69 |
| िशटन | isatana | 1.92 |
| सिचन | sicana | 1.92 |
| शैतान | saitana | 1.92 |
| शीतल | sitala | 1.92 |
| शीतन | sitana | 1.92 |
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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
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- 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 Shitan
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