Sheway Surname
Approximately 1,774 people bear this surname
Sheway Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 1,771 | 1:55,080 | 5,737 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 12 | 1:4,184,890 | 180,076 |
Sheway (15) may also be a first name.
Sheway Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sheway Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sheway is more commonly found in Ethiopia than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sheway? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 228,458th most numerous surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 4,107,974 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sheway live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most frequent first name globally It is held by 15 people.
The last name Sheway is most frequent in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 1,771 people, or 1 in 55,080. Barring Ethiopia this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Canada, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Sheway
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