Shiba is used as a family name or surname in Japan. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Shiba
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Japan
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Shiba

How popular is Shiba?

Shiba is common in Japan.

Shiba is ranked 13405 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Shibas plummeted by 1.408451 per cent to 350 since 2000 and slipped by 3657 spots and ranked at 58042. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 60.57 64.23
White 24.86 23.1
Others 11.43 10.7
Hispanic or Latino 2.29 1.69
Shiba is quite popular family name mostly used in Japan while Swaziland is ahead in terms of density. Around 39350 people have been found who wears Shiba as their family name. Shiba is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
103,759 Spain8
2,527 Maldives6
46,707 New Zealand5
10,542 China4
4,669 Albania3
184,212 France3
2,835 Libya2
54,641 Sweden2
34,572 Israel2
52,939 United Arab Emirates2
4,164 Vietnam2
9,185 Hong Kong2
8,657 Lebanon2
7,574 Bangladesh2
28,083 Romania2
5,726 Puerto Rico2
10,284 Kuwait2
54,135 Philippines2
17,236 Ghana1
50,549 Georgia1
25,746 Finland1
3,307 Malta1
11,486 Estonia1
3,993 El Salvador1
19,810 Croatia1
91,024 Belgium1
30,360 Thailand1
40,340 Malaysia1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
3,275 Nepal1
153,416 Italy1
38,841 Scotland1
11,510 Oman1
81,201 Switzerland1
5,553 Taiwan1
14,644 Tunisia1
17,768 Pakistan1
29,595 Iran1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
118,015 Netherlands1
9,498 Iceland1
18,969 Wales1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
67,388 Australia26
144,062 Canada16
72,915 Belarus11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
40,500 Tanzania85
Countries with hundreds of Shiba:
51,310 India586
23,176 Brazil541
53,543 United States489
19,866 Ukraine282
67,519 Russia195
18,956 Saudi Arabia154
71,225 Germany134
27,127 Mexico105
40,243 England102
Countries with thousands of Shiba:
2,995 Egypt2,656
65 Swaziland2,619
2,958 South Africa2,192
4,327 Uganda1,120
Countries with ten thousands of Shiba:
623 Japan27,960
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Shiba Namesakes

  • Ai Shibata, Swimmer
  • Aiko Shibaki, Singer
  • Akane Shibata, Field Hockey player
  • Katsuyori Shibata, Professional wrestler
  • Jun Shibata, Singer
  • Ami Shibata, Manga artist
  • Arata Shibata, Actor
  • Ayumi Shibata, Singer
  • Hidekatsu Shibata, Voice actor
  • Asya Shibarova, Dmitri Isayev's wife
  • In 2013, Hirofumi Shiba portrayed the role of N in comedy, drama flick Yamamori clip koujou no atari.
  • In 2014, Yasuyo Shiba played the role of Junko in crime and drama film Man from Reno.

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