Shaqa Surname
Approximately 132 people bear this surname
Shaqa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 56 | 1:574,164 | 6,873 |
| Iran | 56 | 1:1,371,116 | 56,327 |
| Albania | 10 | 1:291,406 | 15,585 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 1:1,861,869 | 14,990 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Shaqa (89) may also be a first name.
Shaqa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shaqa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shaqa is carried by more people in Afghanistan than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shaqa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,558,593rd most commonly held last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 55,208,681 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 86 percent of Shaqa reside; 86 percent reside in South Asia and 86 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Shaqa is also the 1,011,231st most prevalent first name internationally It is held by 89 people.
It is most numerous in Afghanistan, where it is borne by 56 people, or 1 in 574,164. In Afghanistan it is mostly concentrated in: Kabul, where 59 percent live, Parwan, where 14 percent live and Kapisa, where 7 percent live. Apart from Afghanistan this surname is found in 9 countries. It is also common in Iran, where 42 percent live and Albania, where 8 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 Shaqa
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