Shawah Surname
Approximately 8,366 people bear this surname
Shawah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Syria | 7,528 | 1:2,564 | 304 |
| Lebanon | 275 | 1:20,498 | 2,472 |
| Malawi | 183 | 1:93,547 | 11,397 |
| Palestine | 130 | 1:34,991 | 4,325 |
| United States | 71 | 1:5,105,055 | 259,233 |
| Iraq | 63 | 1:555,899 | 8,855 |
| Yemen | 46 | 1:574,463 | 10,910 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Jordan | 21 | 1:421,068 | 12,361 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Shawah (2,669) may also be a first name.
Shawah Demographics
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Shawah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shawah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shawah occurs most in Syria. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of Shawah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shawah? popularity and diffusion
Shawah is the 60,241st most numerous last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 871,091 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Shawah are found; 97 percent are found in West Asia and 96 percent are found in Levant. Shawah is also the 141,910th most commonly occurring first name globally, held by 2,669 people.
This last name is most widespread in Syria, where it is borne by 7,528 people, or 1 in 2,564. In Syria Shawah is most prevalent in: Raqqa Governorate, where 46 percent reside, Aleppo Governorate, where 39 percent reside and Al-Hasakah Governorate, where 8 percent reside. Outside of Syria this last name exists in 18 countries. It is also found in Lebanon, where 3 percent reside and Malawi, where 2 percent reside.
Shawah Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is principally Maronite (55%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Shawah surname are 30.5% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 77.27% registered with the political party.
Shawah earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 32.62% more than the national average, earning $57,224 USD per year.
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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 Shawah
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