Shangwa Surname
Approximately 3,445 people bear this surname
Shangwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 3,051 | 1:5,060 | 501 |
| Zambia | 167 | 1:94,910 | 7,710 |
| Kenya | 100 | 1:461,799 | 24,210 |
| Tanzania | 64 | 1:827,213 | 43,161 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Nigeria | 13 | 1:13,626,366 | 237,812 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Shangwa (644) may also be a first name.
Shangwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shangwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shangwa is carried by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shangwa? popularity and diffusion
Shangwa is the 131,236th most commonly occurring family name internationally, held by around 1 in 2,115,398 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Shangwa are found; 94 percent are found in Southern Africa and 94 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Shangwa is also the 327,600th most frequent first name in the world, borne by 644 people.
It is most commonly used in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 3,051 people, or 1 in 5,060. In Zimbabwe it is mostly found in: Harare Province, where 23 percent live, Mashonaland Central Province, where 15 percent live and Masvingo Province, where 13 percent live. Besides Zimbabwe it occurs in 13 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 5 percent live and Kenya, where 3 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 Shangwa
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