Shekwa Surname
Approximately 1,212 people bear this surname
Shekwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 806 | 1:67,218 | 8,423 |
| DR Congo | 390 | 1:189,435 | 19,115 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Swaziland | 4 | 1:324,550 | 996 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Shekwa (49) may also be a first name.
Shekwa Demographics
Average Shekwa Salary in
South Africa
R 118,968
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Shekwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shekwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shekwa occurs more in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shekwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Shekwa is the 310,758th most commonly used surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 6,012,827 people. Shekwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Shekwa reside; 67 percent reside in Southern Africa and 67 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,430,306th most frequent first name worldwide It is held by 49 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 806 people, or 1 in 67,218. In South Africa Shekwa is mostly found in: Mpumalanga, where 91 percent are found, Gauteng, where 6 percent are found and KwaZulu-Natal, where 1 percent are found. Besides South Africa Shekwa exists in 6 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 32 percent are found and Nigeria, where 1 percent are found.
Shekwa Last Name Statistics demography
Shekwa earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 49.94% less than the national average, earning R 118,968 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 Shekwa
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