Shamway Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Shamway Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Shamway Demographics
Average Shamway Salary in
United States
$55,917 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Shamway Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shamway Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shamway occurs more in Ghana more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Shamway? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 6,723,624th most prevalent last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname Shamway occurs mostly in Africa, where 50 percent of Shamway live; 50 percent live in West Africa and 50 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most frequently held in Ghana, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 6,755,173. Besides Ghana this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 38 percent reside and Russia, where 13 percent reside.
Shamway Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Shamway has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Shamway last name fell 57 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Shamway Last Name Statistics demography
Shamway earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 29.59% more than the national average, earning $55,917 USD per year.
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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 Shamway
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