Shomuyiwa Surname

348,286th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,049 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Shomuyiwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shomuyiwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,0321:171,65010,622
England61:9,286,343223,652
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015

Shomuyiwa (33) may also be a first name.

Shomuyiwa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Shomuyiwa Come From? nationality or country of origin

Shomuyiwa is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Shomuyiwa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 348,286th most frequently used last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 6,947,136 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Shomuyiwa are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,807,719th most common first name worldwide, borne by 33 people.

The surname Shomuyiwa is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,032 people, or 1 in 171,650. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Lagos, where 47 percent are found, Ogun, where 45 percent are found and Oyo, where 6 percent are found. Besides Nigeria Shomuyiwa occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.

Shomuyiwa Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is predominantly Muslim (64%) in Nigeria.

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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 Shomuyiwa
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