Shandavu Surname
Approximately 457 people bear this surname
Shandavu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 433 | 1:36,605 | 3,689 |
| Zimbabwe | 21 | 1:735,154 | 52,165 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Shandavu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shandavu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shandavu is most common in Zambia. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shandavu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Shandavu is the 658,434th most widely held family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 15,946,490 people. Shandavu is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Shandavu reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequently held in Zambia, where it is borne by 433 people, or 1 in 36,605. In Zambia it is most prevalent in: Southern Province, where 78 percent live, Lusaka Province, where 16 percent live and Copperbelt Province, where 4 percent live. Outside of Zambia this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 5 percent live and Bahrain, where 0 percent live.
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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 Shandavu
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