Shittu Surname
Approximately 86,373 people bear this surname
Shittu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 84,345 | 1:2,100 | 276 |
| Ghana | 901 | 1:29,990 | 3,547 |
| England | 534 | 1:104,341 | 10,941 |
| United States | 356 | 1:1,018,143 | 74,968 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Canada | 25 | 1:1,473,824 | 101,190 |
| Ireland | 22 | 1:214,043 | 8,362 |
| Burkina Faso | 19 | 1:965,900 | 9,829 |
| Germany | 13 | 1:6,192,728 | 213,814 |
| Iceland | 12 | 1:31,674 | 2,357 |
| Ivory Coast | 9 | 1:2,563,470 | 41,100 |
| Poland | 8 | 1:4,751,094 | 138,864 |
| Norway | 8 | 1:642,786 | 47,258 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Benin | 7 | 1:1,476,515 | 57,381 |
| Russia | 7 | 1:20,589,008 | 462,339 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Scotland | 6 | 1:892,303 | 28,047 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
Shittu (14,132) may also be a first name.
Shittu Demographics
Average Shittu Salary in
United States
$40,350 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Shittu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shittu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shittu (Arabic: شيتو, Hindi: शिट्टू, Russian: Шитту) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shittu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,539th most common last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 84,373 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Shittu live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Shittu is also the 48,305th most frequently used first name worldwide It is held by 14,132 people.
It is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 84,345 people, or 1 in 2,100. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Oyo, where 24 percent reside, Lagos, where 23 percent reside and Ogun, where 10 percent reside. Beside Nigeria it occurs in 44 countries. It also occurs in Ghana, where 1 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.
Shittu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is predominantly Muslim (71%) in Nigeria.
In The United States Shittu are 44.39% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 97.62% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Shittu earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 6.49% less than the national average, earning $40,350 USD per year and in Canada they earn 24.52% more than the national average, earning $61,864 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shittu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shittu in the Hindi language | ||
| शिट्टू | sittu | - |
| Shittu in the Russian language | ||
| Шитту | sittu | - |
| Shittu in the Arabic language | ||
| شيتو | shytw | - |
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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 Shittu
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