Shona Surname
Approximately 2,141 people bear this surname
Shona Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 451 | 1:353,341 | 9,758 |
| Egypt | 397 | 1:231,576 | 16,276 |
| DR Congo | 267 | 1:276,703 | 25,802 |
| New Zealand | 259 | 1:17,484 | 3,070 |
| India | 220 | 1:3,486,661 | 99,274 |
| Japan | 155 | 1:824,802 | 18,358 |
| Nigeria | 83 | 1:2,134,250 | 73,634 |
| Zimbabwe | 48 | 1:321,630 | 31,533 |
| South Africa | 32 | 1:1,693,053 | 82,821 |
| United States | 23 | 1:15,759,084 | 542,937 |
| Zambia | 22 | 1:720,451 | 26,729 |
| Ukraine | 21 | 1:2,167,747 | 147,417 |
| Cambodia | 18 | 1:860,397 | 5,106 |
| England | 18 | 1:3,095,448 | 105,421 |
| Pakistan | 14 | 1:12,760,278 | 55,960 |
| Australia | 14 | 1:1,928,264 | 88,951 |
| Canada | 12 | 1:3,070,466 | 169,836 |
| Tanzania | 11 | 1:4,812,874 | 55,358 |
| Russia | 7 | 1:20,589,008 | 462,339 |
| Scotland | 7 | 1:764,831 | 25,488 |
| Northern Ireland | 6 | 1:307,506 | 12,899 |
| Kazakhstan | 5 | 1:3,536,499 | 118,599 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:6,093,842 | 135,151 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Shona (31,586) may also be a first name.
Shona Demographics
Average Shona Salary in
United States
$47,208 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Shona Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shona Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shona (Hindi: शोना, Marathi: शोना, Russian: Шона, Tibetan: ཤོ་ན་) is found most frequently in Bangladesh. It may appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shona? popularity and diffusion
It is the 195,889th most common surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 3,403,805 people. The last name Shona is mostly found in Asia, where 42 percent of Shona reside; 32 percent reside in South Asia and 22 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Shona is also the 26,810th most prevalent first name globally, held by 31,586 people.
This surname is most common in Bangladesh, where it is held by 451 people, or 1 in 353,341. Aside from Bangladesh this surname exists in 58 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 19 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 12 percent reside.
Shona Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Shona has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Shona last name grew 329 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 450 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Shona Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Shona earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 72.22% less than the national average, earning R 66,024 per year; in United States they earn 9.41% more than the national average, earning $47,208 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.89% less than the national average, earning $42,286 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shona Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shona in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཤོ་ན་ | shona | - |
| Shona in the Hindi language | ||
| शोना | sona | 92.63 |
| सोना | sona | 5.79 |
| शोणा | sona | 0.53 |
| शोएना | so'ena | 0.53 |
| सोहना | sohana | 0.53 |
| Shona in the Marathi language | ||
| शोना | sona | 68.18 |
| सोना | sona | 22.73 |
| शोणा | sona | 4.55 |
| शॉना | sona | 4.55 |
| Shona in the Russian language | ||
| Шона | sona | - |
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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 Shona
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