Shitu Surname
Approximately 54,891 people bear this surname
Shitu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 40,076 | 1:4,420 | 589 |
| Ethiopia | 14,005 | 1:6,965 | 1,094 |
| Bangladesh | 360 | 1:442,658 | 11,259 |
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| India | 29 | 1:26,450,530 | 346,896 |
| England | 27 | 1:2,063,632 | 79,942 |
| Cameroon | 26 | 1:798,810 | 55,510 |
| United States | 17 | 1:21,321,114 | 641,998 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Argentina | 4 | 1:10,685,854 | 219,200 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Zambia | 3 | 1:5,283,307 | 43,479 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
Shitu (28,569) may also be a first name.
Shitu Demographics
Shitu Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Shitu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shitu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shitu (Bengali: শীতু, Hindi: शीतू, Marathi: शीतु, Oriya: ଶିତୁ, Tibetan: ཤི་ཏུ་) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shitu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 10,249th most commonly held family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 132,764 people. Shitu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Shitu live; 74 percent live in West Africa and 74 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 28,972nd most commonly occurring first name worldwide It is held by 28,569 people.
The surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 40,076 people, or 1 in 4,420. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Kano, where 16 percent are found, Kaduna, where 11 percent are found and Jigawa, where 11 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria Shitu is found in 22 countries. It also occurs in Ethiopia, where 26 percent are found and Bangladesh, where 1 percent are found.
Shitu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Shitu surname is predominantly Muslim (86%) in Nigeria.
Shitu earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 57.42% more than the national average, earning $67,925 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shitu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shitu in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཤི་ཏུ་ | shitu | - |
| Shitu in the Hindi language | ||
| शीतू | situ | 61.65 |
| शीटू | situ | 23.31 |
| शीतु | situ | 6.78 |
| शितु | situ | 2.81 |
| शितू | situ | 1.49 |
| शिटू | situ | 1.49 |
| शीटु | situ | 0.99 |
| शिटु | situ | 0.5 |
| सीतू | situ | 0.5 |
| सीटू | situ | 0.5 |
| Shitu in the Bengali language | ||
| শীতু | situ | 47.37 |
| শিতু | situ | 42.11 |
| সীতু | situ | 5.26 |
| সিটু | situ | 5.26 |
| Shitu in the Oriya language | ||
| ଶିତୁ | situ | 43.75 |
| ଶୀତୁ | situ | 25 |
| ସିତୁ | situ | 12.5 |
| ଶିତୁର | situra | 12.5 |
| ଶିଟୁ | situ | 6.25 |
| Shitu in the Marathi language | ||
| शीतु | situ | 38.46 |
| शीतू | situ | 23.08 |
| शीटु | situ | 15.38 |
| शीटू | situ | 7.69 |
| सित | sita | 7.69 |
| शैतू | saitu | 7.69 |
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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 Shitu
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