Shangano Surname

1,518,885th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 137 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Namibia
Highest density in:
Namibia

Shangano Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shangano Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Namibia1321:18,2533,192
Botswana41:546,73222,624
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Shangano (66) may also be a first name.

Shangano Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Shangano Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Shangano is held by more people in Namibia than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Shangano click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Shangano? popularity and diffusion

Shangano is the 1,518,885th most common family name globally It is held by around 1 in 53,193,766 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Shangano reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,201,840th most commonly occurring given name in the world It is held by 66 people.

Shangano is most commonly used in Namibia, where it is carried by 132 people, or 1 in 18,253. In Namibia Shangano is most prevalent in: Ohangwena Region, where 59 percent live, Omusati Region, where 20 percent live and Oshana Region, where 10 percent live. Not including Namibia Shangano exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Botswana, where 3 percent live and Uganda, where 1 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 Shangano
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