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 surname Shawu is found most frequently in Zimbabwe. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shawu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Shawu is the 752,779th most frequently used surname in the world, held by around 1 in 19,127,417 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Shawu live; 69 percent live in Southern Africa and 69 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Shawu is also the 320,017th most frequent first name on earth, held by 672 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 257 people, or 1 in 60,071. In Zimbabwe it is most numerous in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 70 percent live, Mashonaland West Province, where 17 percent live and Harare Province, where 5 percent live. Without taking into account Zimbabwe this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 25 percent live and China, where 6 percent live.
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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