Shonton Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Shonton Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
Shonton (30) may also be a first name.
Shonton Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shonton Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shonton is found most in Nigeria. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Shonton.
How Common Is The Last Name Shonton? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,723,624th most commonly used surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. Shonton is primarily found in Africa, where 63 percent of Shonton live; 63 percent live in West Africa and 63 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,911,214th most frequently used given name in the world, borne by 30 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 35,428,552. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Adamawa, where 20 percent are found, Bauchi, where 20 percent are found and Ogun, where 20 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 25 percent are found and The United States, where 13 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 Shonton
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