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
The last name Shangwa has its highest incidence in Zimbabwe. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shangwa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 131,236th most frequently used last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,115,398 people. The surname Shangwa is predominantly 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 commonly occurring forename world-wide It is held by 644 people.
The surname Shangwa is most common in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 3,051 people, or 1 in 5,060. In Zimbabwe it is most frequent in: Harare Province, where 23 percent live, Mashonaland Central Province, where 15 percent live and Masvingo Province, where 13 percent live. Apart from Zimbabwe Shangwa occurs in 13 countries. It is also found 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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