Shingwele Surname

1,683,218th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 117 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Shingwele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shingwele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia1151:137,82510,109
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Shingwele Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Shingwele Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Shingwele occurs in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Shingwele? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,683,218th most common surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 62,286,717 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Shingwele live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

It is most frequent in Zambia, where it is held by 115 people, or 1 in 137,825. In Zambia it is primarily found in: Lusaka Province, where 47 percent reside, Central Province, where 33 percent reside and Southern Province, where 19 percent reside. Excluding Zambia this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

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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 Shingwele
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