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Is Shehu a Male or Female Name?

Shehu is predominantly a male name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Shehu globally is 95.0% males and 5.0% females. The country with the highest male ratio is Nigeria with 95.4% and the country with the highest female ratio is Nigeria with 4.6%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Shehu in percentages: Globally: 95.0% males, 5.0% females, Nigeria: 95.4% males, 4.6% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Shehu are 55-64 years old, making up 29.5% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 25-34.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Shehu in each age group: 25-34: 8.7%, 35-44: 19.7%, 45-54: 25.5%, 55-64: 29.5%, 65+: 16.6%

The country with the largest proportion of people named Shehu is Nigeria with 0.0625% of the population.

Historic Popularity

The historic popularity of the name Shehu measured by the global proportion of people with the given name.

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Shehu year over year: 1956: 0.0004‰, 1957: 0.0007‰, 1958: 0.0006‰, 1959: 0.0009‰, 1960: 0.0012‰, 1961: 0.0004‰, 1962: 0.0006‰, 1963: 0.0004‰, 1964: 0.0007‰, 1965: 0.0005‰, 1966: 0.0007‰, 1967: 0.001‰, 1968: 0.0006‰, 1969: 0.0006‰, 1970: 0.0011‰, 1971: 0.0003‰, 1972: 0.0005‰, 1973: 0.0005‰, 1974: 0.0004‰, 1975: 0.0008‰, 1976: 0.0003‰, 1977: 0.0006‰, 1978: 0.0006‰, 1979: 0.0006‰, 1980: 0.001‰, 1981: 0.0005‰, 1982: 0.0006‰, 1983: 0.0007‰, 1984: 0.0004‰, 1985: 0.0005‰, 1986: 0.0004‰, 1987: 0.0003‰, 1988: 0.0002‰, 1989: 0.0001‰, 1990: 0.0002‰, 1991: 0.0001‰, 1992: 0.0003‰, 1993: 0.0004‰, 1994: 0.0004‰, 1995: 0.0001‰, 1996: 0.0002‰, 1998: 0.0002‰

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