Shiikwa Surname
Approximately 591 people bear this surname
Shiikwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 590 | 1:4,084 | 748 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Shiikwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shiikwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shiikwa is held by more people in Namibia than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shiikwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Shiikwa is the 542,751st most commonly used surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 12,330,873 people. The last name Shiikwa is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Shiikwa reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
It is most common in Namibia, where it is held by 590 people, or 1 in 4,084. In Namibia it is mostly found in: Omusati Region, where 56 percent live, Khomas Region, where 20 percent live and Erongo Region, where 10 percent live. Apart from Namibia this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Kenya, 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 Shiikwa
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