Shawu Surname
Approximately 381 people bear this surname
Shawu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 257 | 1:60,071 | 9,075 |
| Nigeria | 95 | 1:1,864,661 | 66,902 |
| China | 21 | 1:65,110,551 | 3,537 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Shawu (672) may also be a first name.
Shawu Demographics
Average Shawu Salary in
South Africa
R 44,256
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Shawu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shawu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shawu is found in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shawu? popularity and diffusion
Shawu is the 752,779th most commonly used surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 19,127,417 people. The surname Shawu occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Shawu reside; 69 percent reside in Southern Africa and 69 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 320,017th most common given name globally, borne by 672 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 257 people, or 1 in 60,071. In Zimbabwe it is primarily found in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 70 percent are found, Mashonaland West Province, where 17 percent are found and Harare Province, where 5 percent are found. Aside from Zimbabwe this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 25 percent are found and China, where 6 percent are found.
Shawu Last Name Statistics demography
Shawu earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 81.38% less than the national average, earning R 44,256 per year.
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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 Shawu
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