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
The surname Shakwa is found most frequently in India. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Shakwa.
How Common Is The Last Name Shakwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 725,073rd most frequent family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 18,173,431 people. The surname Shakwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 58 percent of Shakwa are found; 44 percent are found in Southern Africa and 44 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Shakwa is also the 585,759th most widespread forename at a global level, held by 234 people.
The surname is most widely held in India, where it is held by 151 people, or 1 in 5,079,903. In India it is primarily concentrated in: Meghalaya, where 100 percent reside. Excluding India it occurs 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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