Solihu Surname
Approximately 1,084 people bear this surname
Solihu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,079 | 1:164,173 | 10,268 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
Solihu (598) may also be a first name.
Solihu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Solihu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Solihu is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of Solihu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Solihu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 339,249th most common family name globally, held by around 1 in 6,722,828 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Solihu live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Solihu is also the 341,904th most common first name throughout the world It is held by 598 people.
This last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,079 people, or 1 in 164,173. In Nigeria Solihu is most common in: Kwara, where 69 percent reside, Lagos, where 9 percent reside and Oyo, where 7 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent reside and Burkina Faso, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Solihu
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