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
Shonga (Russian: Шонга, Tibetan: སོ་ལྔ་) is found in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shonga? popularity and diffusion
Shonga is the 53,136th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 757,699 people. The surname Shonga is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Shonga live; 89 percent live in Southern Africa and 89 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 743,570th most commonly used first name internationally It is held by 153 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Malawi, where it is carried by 5,045 people, or 1 in 3,393. Beside Malawi this last name exists in 20 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 24 percent reside and South Africa, where 7 percent reside.
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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