Shanawa Surname
Approximately 23 people bear this surname
Shanawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 16 | 1:11,071,422 | 210,388 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
Shanawa (16) may also be a first name.
Shanawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shanawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shanawa has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Shanawa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shanawa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,116,508th most frequently used last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 70 percent of Shanawa live; 70 percent live in West Africa and 70 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,786,762nd most numerous first name worldwide, borne by 16 people.
The surname Shanawa is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 11,071,422. In Nigeria Shanawa is mostly found in: Kano, where 56 percent reside, Zamfara, where 31 percent reside and Adamawa, where 6 percent reside. Beside Nigeria Shanawa is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 13 percent reside and Denmark, where 9 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 Shanawa
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