Shingwa Surname
Approximately 622 people bear this surname
Shingwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 455 | 1:116,355 | 11,135 |
| Nigeria | 96 | 1:1,845,237 | 66,383 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Zambia | 18 | 1:880,551 | 28,935 |
| Cameroon | 14 | 1:1,483,505 | 83,777 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Shingwa (1,523) may also be a first name.
Shingwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shingwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shingwa is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Shingwa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 522,545th most widespread last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 11,716,312 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Shingwa reside; 73 percent reside in East Africa and 73 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 198,878th most frequent forename on earth It is held by 1,523 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 455 people, or 1 in 116,355. In Tanzania Shingwa is most frequent in: Kigoma Region, where 53 percent live, Mwanza Region, where 24 percent live and Mbeya Region, where 20 percent live. Besides Tanzania this surname exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 15 percent live and The DR Congo, where 4 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 Shingwa
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