Shawal Surname
Approximately 2,014 people bear this surname
Shawal Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 721 | 1:221,022 | 7,250 |
| Malaysia | 604 | 1:48,831 | 3,871 |
| Pakistan | 310 | 1:576,271 | 9,337 |
| Iraq | 131 | 1:267,341 | 5,559 |
| Brunei | 98 | 1:4,273 | 682 |
| Jordan | 42 | 1:210,534 | 9,639 |
| India | 31 | 1:24,744,045 | 333,161 |
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Afghanistan | 10 | 1:3,215,318 | 18,974 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Yemen | 3 | 1:8,808,431 | 35,773 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Shawal (2,447) may also be a first name.
Shawal Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shawal Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shawal (Hindi: शैवाल, Marathi: शवाल) is most common in Bangladesh. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shawal? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 205,903rd most prevalent last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 3,618,444 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 98 percent of Shawal are found; 53 percent are found in South Asia and 52 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 149,597th most common first name world-wide. It is borne by 2,447 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Bangladesh, where it is carried by 721 people, or 1 in 221,022. Excluding Bangladesh Shawal occurs in 23 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 30 percent reside and Pakistan, where 15 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shawal Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shawal in the Marathi language | ||
| शवाल | savala | 66.67 |
| शावळ | savala | 33.33 |
| Shawal in the Hindi language | ||
| शैवाल | saivala | 50 |
| शव्वाल | savvala | 25 |
| शवाल | savala | 25 |
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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 Shawal
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