Shonga Surname
Approximately 9,618 people bear this surname
Shonga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 5,045 | 1:3,393 | 443 |
| Zambia | 2,296 | 1:6,903 | 826 |
| South Africa | 701 | 1:77,286 | 9,583 |
| Tanzania | 635 | 1:83,373 | 8,512 |
| Zimbabwe | 408 | 1:37,839 | 5,870 |
| DR Congo | 335 | 1:220,536 | 21,570 |
| Botswana | 61 | 1:35,851 | 7,015 |
| Namibia | 53 | 1:45,460 | 5,805 |
| Nigeria | 25 | 1:7,085,710 | 162,099 |
| England | 20 | 1:2,785,903 | 97,972 |
| Uganda | 16 | 1:2,439,955 | 72,451 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Shonga (153) may also be a first name.
Shonga Demographics
Average Shonga Salary in
South Africa
R 119,604
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Shonga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shonga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shonga (Russian: Шонга, Tibetan: སོ་ལྔ་) is most common in Malawi. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shonga? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 53,136th most widespread last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 757,699 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Shonga reside; 89 percent reside in Southern Africa and 89 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 743,570th most common first name at a global level, held by 153 people.
This surname is most numerous in Malawi, where it is carried by 5,045 people, or 1 in 3,393. Besides Malawi this last name exists in 20 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 24 percent are found and South Africa, where 7 percent are found.
Shonga Last Name Statistics demography
Shonga earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 49.67% less than the national average, earning R 119,604 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shonga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shonga in the Tibetan language | ||
| སོ་ལྔ་ | songa | - |
| Shonga in the Russian language | ||
| Шонга | songa | - |
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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 Shonga
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