Shango Surname
Approximately 6,614 people bear this surname
Shango Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 4,098 | 1:12,919 | 1,685 |
| DR Congo | 1,382 | 1:53,458 | 6,444 |
| Kenya | 432 | 1:106,898 | 9,202 |
| United States | 143 | 1:2,534,678 | 154,329 |
| Zimbabwe | 131 | 1:117,849 | 15,993 |
| Nigeria | 109 | 1:1,625,163 | 60,488 |
| Ecuador | 71 | 1:224,026 | 8,184 |
| Botswana | 39 | 1:56,075 | 10,323 |
| Pakistan | 34 | 1:5,254,232 | 33,450 |
| Ukraine | 33 | 1:1,379,476 | 113,823 |
| Uganda | 20 | 1:1,951,964 | 63,898 |
| South Africa | 19 | 1:2,851,458 | 109,033 |
| Belgium | 18 | 1:638,702 | 56,744 |
| Kazakhstan | 12 | 1:1,473,541 | 75,349 |
| Benin | 11 | 1:939,600 | 46,216 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Afghanistan | 8 | 1:4,019,148 | 21,487 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 6 | 1:16,528 | 1,436 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Zambia | 3 | 1:5,283,307 | 43,479 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
Shango (1,116) may also be a first name.
Shango Demographics
Average Shango Salary in
United States
$54,459 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Shango Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shango Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shango (Georgian: შანგო, Russian: Шанго) is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shango? popularity and diffusion
It is the 74,320th most widespread surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 1,101,836 people. The surname Shango occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Shango live; 69 percent live in East Africa and 68 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Shango is also the 238,694th most widespread first name throughout the world. It is borne by 1,116 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is held by 4,098 people, or 1 in 12,919. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Singida Region, where 50 percent reside, Shinyanga Region, where 8 percent reside and Dar es Salaam Region, where 7 percent reside. Besides Tanzania this last name exists in 40 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 21 percent reside and Kenya, where 7 percent reside.
Shango Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Shango has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Shango surname expanded 1,788 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Shango Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Shango last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Shango surname are 25.73% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 72.5% being registered with the party.
The amount Shango earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 245.68% more than the national average, earning R 821,460 per year and in United States they earn 26.21% more than the national average, earning $54,459 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shango Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shango in the Georgian language | ||
| შანგო | shango | - |
| Shango in the Russian language | ||
| Шанго | sango | - |
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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 Shango
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