Shiwo Surname
Approximately 82 people bear this surname
Shiwo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 72 | 1:288,459 | 27,220 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Shiwo (368) may also be a first name.
Shiwo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shiwo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shiwo is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shiwo? popularity and diffusion
Shiwo is the 2,075,631st most common last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 88,872,511 people. The last name Shiwo is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Shiwo live; 88 percent live in Central Africa and 88 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Shiwo is also the 453,251st most frequently held first name on earth, held by 368 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 72 people, or 1 in 288,459. In Cameroon it is most common in: Northwest Region, where 78 percent live, Littoral Region, where 21 percent live and West Region, where 1 percent live. Aside from Cameroon this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 7 percent live and Pakistan, where 4 percent live.
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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 Shiwo
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