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 is carried by more people in Syria than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shawah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 60,241st most commonly held last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 871,091 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Shawah reside; 97 percent reside in West Asia and 96 percent reside in Levant. Shawah is also the 141,910th most commonly occurring given name at a global level It is held by 2,669 people.
Shawah is most frequent in Syria, where it is borne by 7,528 people, or 1 in 2,564. In Syria it is most common in: Raqqa Governorate, where 46 percent live, Aleppo Governorate, where 39 percent live and Al-Hasakah Governorate, where 8 percent live. Besides Syria this surname exists in 18 countries. It is also common in Lebanon, where 3 percent live and Malawi, where 2 percent live.
Shawah Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is primarily Maronite (55%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those holding the Shawah surname are 30.5% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 77.27% registered to vote for 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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