Shaweng Surname
Approximately 42 people bear this surname
Shaweng Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 41 | 1:4,320,555 | 118,938 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Shaweng (21) may also be a first name.
Shaweng Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shaweng Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shaweng occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shaweng? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,017,195th most frequently occurring family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 173,512,998 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Shaweng reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Shaweng is also the 2,368,944th most commonly held given name at a global level. It is borne by 21 people.
Shaweng is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 41 people, or 1 in 4,320,555. In Nigeria Shaweng is most frequent in: Plateau, where 68 percent live, Federal Capital Territory, where 12 percent live and Benue, where 10 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria it exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 2 percent live.
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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 Shaweng
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