Shawand Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Afghanistan
Highest density in:
Afghanistan

Shawand Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shawand Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Afghanistan61:5,358,86425,178
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220

Shawand (37) may also be a first name.

Shawand Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Shawand Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Shawand occurs most in Afghanistan. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Shawand? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 5,812,366th most commonly occurring surname in the world, held by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Shawand live; 100 percent live in South Asia and 64 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Shawand is also the 1,688,769th most frequently occurring forename internationally, borne by 37 people.

Shawand is most frequently held in Afghanistan, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 5,358,864. In Afghanistan it is most numerous in: Kabul, where 67 percent are found and Nangarhar, where 33 percent are found. Outside of Afghanistan this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 36 percent are found and Pakistan, where 9 percent are found.

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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 Shawand
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