Shehwa Surname
Approximately 25 people bear this surname
Shehwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 17 | 1:10,420,162 | 203,261 |
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 1:2,573,040 | 106,478 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
Shehwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shehwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shehwa is found most in Nigeria. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Shehwa.
How Common Is The Last Name Shehwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,957,383rd most frequently used surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 291,501,837 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Shehwa reside; 68 percent reside in West Africa and 68 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 17 people, or 1 in 10,420,162. In Nigeria it is most common in: Delta, where 94 percent live and Zamfara, where 6 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 24 percent live and India, where 4 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 Shehwa
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