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 surname Shonga (Russian: Шонга, Tibetan: སོ་ལྔ་) is found in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Shonga click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shonga? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 53,136th most widely held family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 757,699 people. Shonga occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Shonga live; 89 percent live in Southern Africa and 89 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Shonga is also the 743,570th most commonly held first name at a global level. It is borne by 153 people.
The surname Shonga is most commonly used in Malawi, where it is carried by 5,045 people, or 1 in 3,393. Apart from Malawi this surname exists in 20 countries. It also occurs 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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