Shongoane Surname

219,780th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,860 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Shongoane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shongoane Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1,8581:29,1593,750
England21:27,859,030389,889

Shongoane Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Shongoane Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Shongoane occurs in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Shongoane? popularity and diffusion

It is the 219,780th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 3,918,035 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Shongoane live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

Shongoane is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 1,858 people, or 1 in 29,159. In South Africa it is most numerous in: Limpopo, where 65 percent are found, Gauteng, where 22 percent are found and North West, where 7 percent are found. Other than South Africa this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in England, where 0 percent are found.

Shongoane Last Name Statistics demography

Shongoane earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 52.3% less than the national average, earning R 113,352 per year.

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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 Shongoane
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