Shavuya Surname
Approximately 107 people bear this surname
Shavuya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 79 | 1:584,556 | 27,458 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Shavuya Demographics
Shavuya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Shavuya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shavuya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shavuya is held by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shavuya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,775,494th most frequent family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 68,107,906 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Shavuya are found; 74 percent are found in East Africa and 69 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Shavuya is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is borne by 79 people, or 1 in 584,556. In Kenya it is most prevalent in: Kakamega County, where 92 percent live, Vihiga County, where 5 percent live and Nairobi County, where 1 percent live. Besides Kenya this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 25 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
Shavuya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Shavuya last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Shavuya
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