Shangoni Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
South Africa

Shangoni Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shangoni Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India51:153,413,076951,030
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613

Shangoni (8) may also be a first name.

Shangoni Last Name Facts

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

The surname Shangoni is held by more people in India than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Shangoni.

How Common Is The Last Name Shangoni? popularity and diffusion

The surname Shangoni is the 7,117,718th most frequently held family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 71 percent of Shangoni live; 71 percent live in South Asia and 71 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Shangoni is also the 4,213,784th most frequently held first name internationally, borne by 8 people.

This last name is most frequently held in India, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 153,413,076. In India it is most frequent in: Telangana, where 100 percent live. Barring India it exists in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 29 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 Shangoni
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