Shava Surname
Approximately 10,735 people bear this surname
Shava Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 9,413 | 1:1,640 | 86 |
| India | 662 | 1:1,158,709 | 46,960 |
| Ukraine | 236 | 1:192,893 | 26,203 |
| South Africa | 111 | 1:488,087 | 40,113 |
| Kenya | 72 | 1:641,388 | 29,005 |
| Russia | 57 | 1:2,528,475 | 145,724 |
| Botswana | 50 | 1:43,739 | 8,388 |
| England | 46 | 1:1,211,262 | 56,182 |
| Uzbekistan | 22 | 1:1,405,870 | 25,726 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| Iceland | 7 | 1:54,299 | 3,881 |
| Belarus | 6 | 1:1,583,510 | 89,472 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Namibia | 4 | 1:602,350 | 12,421 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Lesotho | 3 | 1:677,519 | 19,546 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Shava (1,886) may also be a first name.
Shava Demographics
Average Shava Salary in
United States
$22,917 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Shava Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shava Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shava (Georgian: შავა, Hindi: शवा, Marathi: शवा, Russian: Шава) occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Shava.
How Common Is The Last Name Shava? popularity and diffusion
The surname Shava is the 48,096th most commonly held family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 678,858 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 90 percent of Shava live; 89 percent live in Southern Africa and 89 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 175,104th most frequently held first name world-wide, held by 1,886 people.
It is most commonly held in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 9,413 people, or 1 in 1,640. In Zimbabwe it is most numerous in: Midlands Province, where 35 percent reside, Masvingo Province, where 18 percent reside and Harare Province, where 13 percent reside. Aside from Zimbabwe this last name occurs in 36 countries. It is also common in India, where 6 percent reside and Ukraine, where 2 percent reside.
Shava Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya and Orthodox (92%) in Ukraine.
The amount Shava earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 67.32% more than the national average, earning R 397,620 per year and in United States they earn 46.89% less than the national average, earning $22,917 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shava Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shava in the Georgian language | ||
| შავა | shava | - |
| Shava in the Hindi language | ||
| शवा | sava | 93.11 |
| शावा | sava | 5.39 |
| िशवा | isava | 0.45 |
| शबा | saba | 0.3 |
| श्ावा | sava | 0.15 |
| शिव | siva | 0.15 |
| शाऊवा | sa'uva | 0.15 |
| सबा | saba | 0.15 |
| शवां | savam | 0.15 |
| Shava in the Marathi language | ||
| शवा | sava | 71.13 |
| शावा | sava | 24.74 |
| िशवा | isava | 2.06 |
| सहावा | sahava | 1.03 |
| Shava in the Russian language | ||
| Шава | sava | - |
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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
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- 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 Shava
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