Shonekan Surname

476,893rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 701 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Shonekan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shonekan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria6481:273,36815,535
United States371:9,796,187405,931
England141:3,979,861125,553
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

Shonekan (11) may also be a first name.

Shonekan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Shonekan is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Shonekan? popularity and diffusion

Shonekan is the 476,893rd most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 10,395,929 people. The surname Shonekan occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Shonekan are found; 93 percent are found in West Africa and 93 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Shonekan is also the 3,487,849th most widespread first name throughout the world, held by 11 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 648 people, or 1 in 273,368. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Lagos, where 52 percent reside, Ogun, where 34 percent reside and Oyo, where 5 percent reside. Not including Nigeria it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 5 percent reside and England, where 2 percent reside.

Shonekan Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Shonekan last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% registered with the political party.

Shonekan earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 4.29% more than the national average, earning $45,000 USD per year.

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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 Shonekan
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