Ushau Surname
Approximately 1,743 people bear this surname
Ushau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,740 | 1:101,806 | 6,898 |
| Maldives | 2 | 1:202,086 | 4,973 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
Ushau (2,375) may also be a first name.
Ushau Demographics
Ushau Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Ushau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ushau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ushau is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ushau? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 231,788th most frequently held family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 4,181,036 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ushau reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 152,404th most frequently occurring given name globally. It is borne by 2,375 people.
The surname Ushau is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,740 people, or 1 in 101,806. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Kano, where 45 percent reside, Zamfara, where 16 percent reside and Jigawa, where 7 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The Maldives, where 0 percent reside and Ghana, where 0 percent reside.
Ushau Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Ushau surname is principally Muslim (100%) 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
- 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 Ushau
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