SHoo

surname · Latin script

Meaning, in English: To induce someone or something to leave

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

SHoo is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Tanzania than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • TZTanzania≈1 in 2.8K(inferred from the name graph)
  • MYMalaysia≈1 in 145K
  • SGSingapore≈1 in 150K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Tanzania (inferred from the name graph)

≈21,000 people, est.

Sources
72 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 2.8K (inferred from the name graph)

Tanzania, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

To induce someone or something to leave.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.

How SHoo is read(measured from records)

SHoo is one spelling over 4 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

  • English28%

    To induce someone or something to leave.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • Swahili20%

    show (performance)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • Arabic12%

    No dictionary in our sources glosses SHoo in Arabic.

  • Hindi9.6%

    No dictionary in our sources glosses SHoo in Hindi.

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Where in the world(measured from records)

SHoo counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where SHoo is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
TZ Tanzania#987≈21,000 est.≈1 in 2.8K—SHoo38
MY Malaysia—≈220 est.≈1 in 145K—SHoo21
US United States—≈55 est.≈1 in 6.1MlistedSHoo72
SG Singapore—≈41 est.≈1 in 150K—SHoo22
ZA South Africa—≈37 est.≈1 in 1.5M—SHoo5
KE Kenya—≈34 est.≈1 in 1.6M—SHoo6
IN India—51 in 265M5SHoo12

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register; Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

SHoo is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Arabic surname39 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tanzania

    Also written Shöö, Shòó, Shóò, ShÔö, Shŏŏ

  • Hindi surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, Tanzania, United States

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

    Also written Shõõ

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Shoō

  • Spanish surname8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Tanzania, Argentina, United States, Peru

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Shóó, Shòò, Shoó, Shöö, Shòó

  • French surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Tanzania

    Also written ShOö

38 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

SHoo is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In enm, alternative form of scho (“shoe”)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In nv, I see; oh yes, I see

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 4 sources across 3 countries.

Official registers attesting SHoo
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls—21#14,150
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls—13#14,841
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls—5#184,701
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls—5#7,359
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls—4#4,731
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.)———

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name SHoo mean, and where does it come from?
To induce someone or something to leave. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
In which country does SHoo have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 21 thousand people named SHoo in Tanzania, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled SHoo.
How common is the name SHoo?
In India, the national register counted 5 people named SHoo, about 1 in 265 million residents.
How common is SHoo compared with other names?
In Tanzania, SHoo is the 987th most common surname of 112,969 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “SHoo” — the 987th most common surname in Tanzania. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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