Shawls Surname

2,333,370th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 67 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Shawls Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shawls Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India641:11,985,397216,293
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States221:2,282,667111,005

Shawls Last Name Facts

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

Shawls occurs most in India. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Shawls? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,333,370th most frequently held last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 108,769,342 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 97 percent of Shawls reside; 97 percent reside in South Asia and 94 percent reside in Indo-South Asia.

Shawls is most frequently used in India, where it is borne by 64 people, or 1 in 11,985,397. In India it is mostly concentrated in: Punjab, where 94 percent live and Jammu and Kashmir, where 2 percent live. Barring India it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Pakistan, where 1 percent live and Russia, where 1 percent live.

Shawls Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Shawls has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Shawls surname declined 95 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shawles9237/
Shawlls921/
Sawls9114/
Shawless863/
Showls835/
Sawles832/
Showels7796/
Showles7722/
Shewels775/
Sawless770/
Shewles770/
Sowls7352/
Sewls730/
Showells716/
Seawells714/
Schavles711/
Schawlje711/
Shewells711/
Chawless711/
Schowles710/
Sawwells710/
Sowles67884/
Sables67656/
Sowels67369/
Sabels6771/
Schawilje676/
Sablls671/
Sewels671/
Schaibles671/
Chowls670/
Schaubels670/
Sowlss670/

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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 Shawls
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