Shiwayu Surname
Approximately 366 people bear this surname
Shiwayu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 364 | 1:6,619 | 1,291 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Shiwayu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shiwayu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shiwayu occurs most in Namibia. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Shiwayu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shiwayu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Shiwayu is the 775,315th most commonly used family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 19,911,328 people. The surname Shiwayu occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Shiwayu reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most numerous in Namibia, where it is held by 364 people, or 1 in 6,619. In Namibia Shiwayu is mostly concentrated in: Ohangwena Region, where 46 percent reside, Oshana Region, where 23 percent reside and Oshikoto Region, where 13 percent reside. Apart from Namibia Shiwayu exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 0 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 Shiwayu
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