Shanga Surname
Approximately 3,031 people bear this surname
Shanga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 978 | 1:75,541 | 8,781 |
| Zimbabwe | 704 | 1:21,929 | 3,293 |
| Kenya | 524 | 1:88,130 | 7,967 |
| India | 317 | 1:2,419,765 | 78,066 |
| Tanzania | 213 | 1:248,552 | 20,077 |
| Zambia | 127 | 1:124,803 | 9,426 |
| Nigeria | 68 | 1:2,605,041 | 84,856 |
| Pakistan | 19 | 1:9,402,310 | 46,838 |
| Liberia | 16 | 1:275,533 | 16,331 |
| Uganda | 15 | 1:2,602,619 | 75,106 |
| South Africa | 15 | 1:3,611,847 | 123,156 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Moldova | 2 | 1:1,780,684 | 55,103 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Shanga (1,317) may also be a first name.
Shanga Demographics
Shanga Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Shanga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shanga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shanga (Georgian: შანგა, Marathi: शंगा, Oriya: ପଧାନ, Russian: Шаньга) has its highest incidence in The DR Congo. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Shanga? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 146,299th most widely held surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,404,337 people. The surname Shanga is primarily found in Africa, where 88 percent of Shanga live; 32 percent live in Central Africa and 32 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Shanga is also the 216,596th most frequently used forename on earth, held by 1,317 people.
This surname is most widely held in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 978 people, or 1 in 75,541. Barring The DR Congo this last name is found in 24 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 23 percent live and Kenya, where 17 percent live.
Shanga Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is predominantly Christian (75%) in Kenya.
The amount Shanga earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 84.38% less than the national average, earning R 37,116 per year and in United States they earn 38.82% less than the national average, earning $26,400 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shanga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shanga in the Georgian language | ||
| შანგა | shanga | - |
| Shanga in the Marathi language | ||
| शंगा | sanga | - |
| Shanga in the Oriya language | ||
| ପଧାନ | padhana | 33.33 |
| ନାଗ | naga | 16.67 |
| େସାେରନ | esaerana | 16.67 |
| େମେହର | emehara | 16.67 |
| ସେରନ | serana | 16.67 |
| Shanga in the Russian language | ||
| Шаньга | sanga | - |
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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
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- 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 Shanga
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