Shangeni Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Shangeni Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 5 | 1:481,880 | 11,140 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Shangeni Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shangeni Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shangeni occurs most in Namibia. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Shangeni? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 7,593,402nd most widely held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Shangeni reside; 83 percent reside in Southern Africa and 83 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
It is most widely held in Namibia, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 481,880. In Namibia it is mostly found in: Ohangwena Region, where 80 percent live and Khomas Region, where 20 percent live. Not including Namibia this surname is found in one country. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 17 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 Shangeni
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