Shingwe Surname
Approximately 280 people bear this surname
Shingwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 178 | 1:415,054 | 34,837 |
| Zambia | 86 | 1:184,301 | 12,428 |
| India | 14 | 1:54,790,384 | 527,769 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
Shingwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shingwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shingwe occurs most in The DR Congo. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shingwe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Shingwe is the 937,786th most frequently occurring surname on earth, held by around 1 in 26,026,950 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Shingwe live; 64 percent live in Central Africa and 64 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
This surname is most widespread in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 178 people, or 1 in 415,054. Not including The DR Congo this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 31 percent are found and India, where 5 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 Shingwe
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