Shahwa Surname
Approximately 67 people bear this surname
Shahwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 37 | 1:4,828,213 | 31,875 |
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
Shahwa (94) may also be a first name.
Shahwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shahwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shahwa is found in Pakistan more than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shahwa? popularity and diffusion
Shahwa is the 2,333,370th most commonly held last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 108,769,342 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 81 percent of Shahwa live; 57 percent live in South Asia and 57 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 980,251st most frequently held first name globally. It is borne by 94 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Pakistan, where it is borne by 37 people, or 1 in 4,828,213. In Pakistan Shahwa is mostly concentrated in: Balochistan, where 89 percent are found, Punjab, where 8 percent are found and Sindh, where 3 percent are found. Other than Pakistan this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 18 percent are found and Qatar, where 13 percent are found.
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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 Shahwa
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