Shongedza Surname
Approximately 422 people bear this surname
Shongedza Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 401 | 1:38,499 | 5,960 |
| England | 15 | 1:3,714,537 | 119,675 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Shongedza (148) may also be a first name.
Shongedza Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shongedza Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shongedza is borne by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Shongedza.
How Common Is The Last Name Shongedza? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 698,433rd most widely held family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 17,269,066 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Shongedza reside; 96 percent reside in Southern Africa and 96 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 757,758th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world It is held by 148 people.
This surname is most widely held in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 401 people, or 1 in 38,499. In Zimbabwe it is mostly found in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 53 percent live, Harare Province, where 30 percent live and Mashonaland East Province, where 7 percent live. Apart from Zimbabwe this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 4 percent live and South Africa, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shongedzai | 95 | 2 | / |
| Songedza | 94 | 1 | / |
| Shongedzo | 89 | 10 | / |
| Shoneza | 88 | 1 | / |
| Songeza | 88 | 1 | / |
| Shengeza | 82 | 122 | / |
| Songezha | 82 | 114 | / |
| Ssongeza | 82 | 1 | / |
| Shonezza | 82 | 1 | / |
| Chogedza | 82 | 1 | / |
| Sogeza | 80 | 7 | / |
| Songoza | 75 | 5 | / |
| Songezo | 75 | 4 | / |
| Sangeza | 75 | 2 | / |
| Shaneza | 75 | 1 | / |
| Songezi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chonyedzai | 74 | 1 | / |
| Shaneeza | 71 | 31 | / |
| Shangaza | 71 | 30 | / |
| Shangezi | 71 | 2 | / |
| Sangodza | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sangadza | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ssongoza | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shanieza | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shangiza | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shangazha | 67 | 8 | / |
| Sogiza | 67 | 5 | / |
| Shahaneza | 67 | 1 | / |
| Saneza | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shaaneeza | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shanheeza | 67 | 1 | / |
| Soniza | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Shongedza
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis