Shonto Surname
Approximately 53 people bear this surname
Shonto Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 41 | 1:4,320,555 | 118,938 |
| Bangladesh | 9 | 1:17,706,308 | 13,537 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
Shonto (101) may also be a first name.
Shonto Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shonto Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shonto is most common in Nigeria. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Shonto click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shonto? popularity and diffusion
The surname Shonto is the 2,661,929th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 137,500,866 people. Shonto occurs predominantly in Africa, where 77 percent of Shonto reside; 77 percent reside in West Africa and 77 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Shonto is also the 940,641st most numerous forename on earth, held by 101 people.
The surname Shonto is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 41 people, or 1 in 4,320,555. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Taraba, where 98 percent are found and Lagos, where 2 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Bangladesh, where 17 percent are found and The United States, where 4 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 Shonto
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