Shakatwa Surname
Approximately 64 people bear this surname
Shakatwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 44 | 1:360,226 | 18,771 |
| Zimbabwe | 15 | 1:1,029,216 | 63,831 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Shakatwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shakatwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shakatwa occurs most in Zambia. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Shakatwa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,394,033rd most frequent family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 113,867,905 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Shakatwa reside; 94 percent reside in Southern Africa and 94 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Shakatwa is most prevalent in Zambia, where it is held by 44 people, or 1 in 360,226. In Zambia Shakatwa is most prevalent in: Lusaka Province, where 82 percent are found, Central Province, where 9 percent are found and Southern Province, where 9 percent are found. Barring Zambia this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 23 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sakatwa | 93 | 4 | / |
| Shakatwe | 88 | 5 | / |
| Siakatwa | 88 | 1 | / |
| Chakatwad | 82 | 5 | / |
| Sakatwe | 80 | 46 | / |
| Sekatwa | 80 | 27 | / |
| Sakatua | 80 | 9 | / |
| Xakatwa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Siakatwe | 75 | 5 | / |
| Ssekatwa | 75 | 3 | / |
| Seketwa | 67 | 27 | / |
| Sacatua | 67 | 2 | / |
| Socatwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sakedwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sekadwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sakadwi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sakhodwa | 63 | 1 | / |
| Shakadvip | 59 | 2 | / |
| Chokhotwat | 56 | 2,327 | / |
| Chokhotwai | 56 | 191 | / |
| Sacadwe | 53 | 147 | / |
| Sokotwe | 53 | 73 | / |
| Sakadue | 53 | 1 | / |
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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 Shakatwa
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