Shawwal Surname
Approximately 749 people bear this surname
Shawwal Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iraq | 314 | 1:111,534 | 3,223 |
| Egypt | 214 | 1:429,606 | 25,756 |
| Afghanistan | 98 | 1:328,094 | 5,053 |
| Nigeria | 80 | 1:2,214,284 | 75,532 |
| Yemen | 28 | 1:943,760 | 11,445 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Shawwal (276) may also be a first name.
Shawwal Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shawwal Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shawwal occurs in Iraq more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shawwal? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 452,985th most commonly held family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 9,729,701 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 59 percent of Shawwal are found; 46 percent are found in West Asia and 42 percent are found in Levant. It is also the 534,713th most frequently used first name throughout the world, held by 276 people.
It is most widely held in Iraq, where it is carried by 314 people, or 1 in 111,534. Without taking into account Iraq Shawwal is found in 11 countries. It is also found in Egypt, where 29 percent reside and Afghanistan, where 13 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
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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 Shawwal
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