Shinaka Surname
Approximately 83 people bear this surname
Shinaka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 52 | 1:304,806 | 17,055 |
| Kenya | 16 | 1:2,886,244 | 37,784 |
| Nigeria | 11 | 1:16,103,887 | 259,204 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
Shinaka (147) may also be a first name.
Shinaka Demographics
Shinaka Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Shinaka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shinaka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shinaka is found most frequently in Zambia. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Shinaka click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shinaka? popularity and diffusion
The last name Shinaka is the 2,061,309th most widely held surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 87,801,758 people. The last name Shinaka occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Shinaka are found; 63 percent are found in Southern Africa and 63 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 760,591st most frequently held forename internationally. It is borne by 147 people.
The surname Shinaka is most common in Zambia, where it is carried by 52 people, or 1 in 304,806. In Zambia it is primarily concentrated in: Muchinga Province, where 90 percent live, Copperbelt Province, where 8 percent live and Lusaka Province, where 2 percent live. Not including Zambia this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 19 percent live and Nigeria, where 13 percent live.
Shinaka Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Shinaka
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