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 may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shehwa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,957,383rd most frequent last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 291,501,837 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Shehwa live; 68 percent live in West Africa and 68 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 17 people, or 1 in 10,420,162. In Nigeria Shehwa is mostly concentrated in: Delta, where 94 percent live and Zamfara, where 6 percent live. Beside Nigeria this surname 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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