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
Shava Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Shava Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shava Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shava (Georgian: შავა, Hindi: शवा, Marathi: शवा, Russian: Шава) has its highest incidence in Zimbabwe. It may be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shava? popularity and diffusion
Shava is the 48,096th most commonly held surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 678,858 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Shava live; 89 percent live in Southern Africa and 89 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Shava is also the 175,104th most widely held forename globally It is held by 1,886 people.
Shava is most frequently used in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 9,413 people, or 1 in 1,640. In Zimbabwe it is most frequent in: Midlands Province, where 35 percent live, Masvingo Province, where 18 percent live and Harare Province, where 13 percent live. Beside Zimbabwe Shava exists in 36 countries. It is also common in India, where 6 percent live and Ukraine, where 2 percent live.
Shava Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Shava surname is principally 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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- 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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