Shanwa Surname
Approximately 21 people bear this surname
Shanwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| Pakistan | 5 | 1:35,728,777 | 102,388 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Shanwa (246) may also be a first name.
Shanwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shanwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shanwa is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Shanwa.
How Common Is The Last Name Shanwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,307,654th most frequent last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 62 percent of Shanwa reside; 57 percent reside in West Africa and 57 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Shanwa is also the 569,299th most prevalent given name on earth. It is borne by 246 people.
This surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 14,761,896. In Nigeria Shanwa is mostly concentrated in: Federal Capital Territory, where 100 percent live. Besides Nigeria this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 24 percent live and The United States, where 14 percent live.
Shanwa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Shanwa has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Shanwa last name expanded 300 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Shanwa
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