Shahwani Surname
Approximately 2,217 people bear this surname
Shahwani Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 2,013 | 1:88,745 | 2,956 |
| Qatar | 159 | 1:14,830 | 1,610 |
| Iraq | 21 | 1:1,667,698 | 16,789 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Shahwani (28) may also be a first name.
Shahwani Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shahwani Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shahwani is more frequently found in Pakistan than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shahwani? popularity and diffusion
It is the 190,382nd most frequently held family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 3,287,120 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Shahwani live; 91 percent live in South Asia and 91 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Shahwani is also the 1,994,417th most widely held given name throughout the world, borne by 28 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Pakistan, where it is carried by 2,013 people, or 1 in 88,745. In Pakistan Shahwani is most frequent in: Balochistan, where 95 percent reside, Sindh, where 4 percent reside and Gilgit-Baltistan, where 0 percent reside. Beside Pakistan this surname occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in Qatar, where 7 percent reside and Iraq, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Shahwani
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