Sheuya Surname
Approximately 336 people bear this surname
Sheuya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 281 | 1:188,404 | 16,240 |
| Namibia | 54 | 1:44,619 | 5,721 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Sheuya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sheuya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sheuya is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sheuya? popularity and diffusion
Sheuya is the 825,152nd most frequent surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 21,689,125 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sheuya are found; 84 percent are found in East Africa and 84 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 281 people, or 1 in 188,404. In Tanzania Sheuya is mostly concentrated in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 59 percent live, Tanga Region, where 21 percent live and Iringa Region, where 11 percent live. Outside of Tanzania it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Namibia, where 16 percent live and The DR Congo, where 0 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 Sheuya
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