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
The surname Shittu (Arabic: شيتو, Hindi: शिट्टू, Russian: Шитту) is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shittu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,539th most common surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 84,373 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Shittu reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 48,305th most commonly occurring given name on earth. It is borne by 14,132 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 84,345 people, or 1 in 2,100. In Nigeria Shittu is most frequent in: Oyo, where 24 percent reside, Lagos, where 23 percent reside and Ogun, where 10 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this surname exists in 44 countries. It is also found in Ghana, where 1 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.
Shittu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Shittu last name is predominantly Muslim (71%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Shittu last name are 44.39% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 97.62% registered to vote for the 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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