Shawau Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Shawau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Shawau (80) may also be a first name.
Shawau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shawau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shawau occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Shawau? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 10,311,814th most commonly held last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Shawau reside; 67 percent reside in West Africa and 67 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Shawau is also the 1,075,395th most frequently held given name in the world. It is borne by 80 people.
Shawau is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 88,571,379. In Nigeria Shawau is mostly concentrated in: Cross River, where 50 percent reside and Sokoto, where 50 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria it is found in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 33 percent reside.
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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 Shawau
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