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 surname Shinaka is found most in Zambia. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shinaka? popularity and diffusion
Shinaka is the 2,061,309th most widely held family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 87,801,758 people. 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 occurring first name internationally It is held by 147 people.
The last name is most common in Zambia, where it is carried by 52 people, or 1 in 304,806. In Zambia Shinaka is primarily found in: Muchinga Province, where 90 percent reside, Copperbelt Province, where 8 percent reside and Lusaka Province, where 2 percent reside. Outside of Zambia this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 19 percent reside and Nigeria, where 13 percent reside.
Shinaka Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is principally 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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