Shoir Surname
Approximately 21 people bear this surname
Shoir Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 10 | 1:17,714,276 | 277,641 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
Shoir (187) may also be a first name.
Shoir Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shoir Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shoir is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Shoir.
How Common Is The Last Name Shoir? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,307,654th most commonly held last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Shoir reside; 48 percent reside in West Africa and 48 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 665,130th most frequently occurring forename on earth It is held by 187 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 17,714,276. In Nigeria Shoir is mostly found in: Benue, where 60 percent are found, Lagos, where 20 percent are found and Nasarawa, where 10 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 43 percent are found and Canada, where 5 percent are found.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Shoir
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