Shangweni Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Shangweni Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shangweni Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Shangweni Last Name Facts

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

The last name Shangweni is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Shangweni? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 7,593,402nd most frequent surname globally, held by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Shangweni reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 10,835,541. In South Africa Shangweni is mostly concentrated in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 40 percent live, Mpumalanga, where 40 percent live and Gauteng, where 20 percent live. Barring South Africa Shangweni occurs in one country. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 17 percent live.

Shangweni Last Name Statistics demography

Shangweni earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 72.93% less than the national average, earning R 64,332 per year.

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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 Shangweni
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