Shawa Surname
Approximately 33,869 people bear this surname
Shawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 16,951 | 1:935 | 128 |
| Malawi | 9,306 | 1:1,840 | 208 |
| Tanzania | 2,617 | 1:20,230 | 2,562 |
| Egypt | 1,678 | 1:54,789 | 5,270 |
| Saudi Arabia | 676 | 1:45,645 | 6,666 |
| Yemen | 676 | 1:39,091 | 3,407 |
| Nigeria | 636 | 1:278,526 | 15,758 |
| India | 360 | 1:2,130,737 | 71,679 |
| Zimbabwe | 221 | 1:69,856 | 10,407 |
| South Africa | 200 | 1:270,889 | 26,929 |
| United States | 140 | 1:2,588,992 | 156,804 |
| United Arab Emirates | 49 | 1:186,985 | 12,996 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| England | 34 | 1:1,638,766 | 68,634 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Botswana | 28 | 1:78,105 | 13,263 |
| Syria | 21 | 1:919,096 | 6,574 |
| Malaysia | 21 | 1:1,404,487 | 59,312 |
| Cameroon | 21 | 1:989,003 | 63,570 |
| Canada | 18 | 1:2,046,977 | 128,463 |
| Ireland | 14 | 1:336,353 | 12,021 |
| Pakistan | 13 | 1:13,741,837 | 58,392 |
| Iran | 12 | 1:6,398,544 | 138,820 |
| Lebanon | 10 | 1:563,708 | 13,499 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| Jordan | 7 | 1:1,263,205 | 16,935 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:1,070,763 | 31,189 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
Shawa (2,773) may also be a first name.
Shawa Demographics
Average Shawa Salary in
United States
$48,264 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Shawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shawa (Arabic: الشِّوا, Hindi: शवा, Oriya: ଶାୱା, Tibetan: ཤ་ཝ་) is more commonly found in Zambia than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Shawa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 16,393rd most widely held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 215,169 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Shawa live; 79 percent live in Southern Africa and 79 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 138,671st most commonly held first name globally, held by 2,773 people.
The last name Shawa is most frequently held in Zambia, where it is borne by 16,951 people, or 1 in 935. In Zambia Shawa is most numerous in: Eastern Province, where 50 percent reside, Lusaka Province, where 31 percent reside and Copperbelt Province, where 9 percent reside. Outside of Zambia it exists in 64 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 27 percent reside and Tanzania, where 8 percent reside.
Shawa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is chiefly Jewish (100%) in Lebanon.
In The United States Shawa are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 100% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Shawa earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 13.71% less than the national average, earning R 205,068 per year; in United States they earn 11.85% more than the national average, earning $48,264 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.95% more than the national average, earning $52,641 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shawa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shawa in the Hindi language | ||
| शवा | sava | - |
| Shawa in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཤ་ཝ་ | shawa | 50 |
| ཤ་ཝ། | shawa | 50 |
| Shawa in the Oriya language | ||
| ଶାୱା | sawa | 50 |
| ଶାୱ | sawa | 50 |
| Shawa in the Arabic language | ||
| الشِّوا | alshiwa | - |
| شاوا | shawa | - |
| الشوّا | alshwa | - |
| الشوا | alshwa | - |
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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 Shawa
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