Shinkwa Surname

3,432,070th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 33 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Shinkwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shinkwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo271:2,736,280122,818
Zambia51:3,169,98435,680
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Shinkwa Last Name Facts

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

Shinkwa is more commonly found in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Shinkwa? popularity and diffusion

Shinkwa is the 3,432,070th most widespread surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 220,834,725 people. The surname Shinkwa is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Shinkwa live; 82 percent live in Central Africa and 82 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.

Shinkwa is most frequent in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 27 people, or 1 in 2,736,280. Excluding The DR Congo this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 15 percent live and Nigeria, where 3 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
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  • 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 Shinkwa
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