Shanghala Surname
Approximately 151 people bear this surname
Shanghala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 150 | 1:16,063 | 2,906 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Shanghala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shanghala Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shanghala (Hindi: शंहला) is held by more people in Namibia than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Shanghala? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,428,594th most frequent last name on earth, held by around 1 in 48,261,893 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Shanghala live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most numerous in Namibia, where it is borne by 150 people, or 1 in 16,063. In Namibia it is most prevalent in: Erongo Region, where 50 percent reside, Khomas Region, where 33 percent reside and Oshana Region, where 14 percent reside. Without taking into account Namibia this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shanghala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shanghala in the Hindi language | ||
| शंहला | sanhala | - |
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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 Shanghala
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