Shakwa Surname
Approximately 401 people bear this surname
Shakwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 151 | 1:5,079,903 | 126,627 |
| Namibia | 123 | 1:19,589 | 3,448 |
| Botswana | 55 | 1:39,762 | 7,636 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Nigeria | 17 | 1:10,420,162 | 203,261 |
| Pakistan | 9 | 1:19,849,321 | 72,658 |
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
Shakwa (234) may also be a first name.
Shakwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shakwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shakwa is more commonly found in India than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Shakwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 725,073rd most prevalent surname globally, held by around 1 in 18,173,431 people. Shakwa is primarily found in Africa, where 58 percent of Shakwa reside; 44 percent reside in Southern Africa and 44 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Shakwa is also the 585,759th most widespread forename at a global level, borne by 234 people.
It is most frequently used in India, where it is borne by 151 people, or 1 in 5,079,903. In India Shakwa is mostly found in: Meghalaya, where 100 percent reside. Aside from India it is found in 12 countries. It also occurs in Namibia, where 31 percent reside and Botswana, where 14 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 Shakwa
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