Shahawa Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Shahawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Shahawa (282) may also be a first name.
Shahawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shahawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shahawa is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Shahawa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 6,360,413th most commonly held last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. Shahawa occurs mostly in Africa, where 89 percent of Shahawa live; 89 percent live in West Africa and 89 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Shahawa is also the 527,582nd most frequently used given name internationally. It is borne by 282 people.
The surname Shahawa is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 22,142,845. In Nigeria Shahawa is most frequent in: Zamfara, where 100 percent live. Other than Nigeria Shahawa occurs in one country. It is also found in India, where 11 percent live.
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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 Shahawa
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