Shongwa Surname
Approximately 39 people bear this surname
Shongwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 24 | 1:2,257,404 | 96,432 |
| Zimbabwe | 15 | 1:1,029,216 | 63,831 |
Shongwa Demographics
Average Shongwa Salary in
South Africa
R 72,360
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Shongwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shongwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shongwa is found in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Shongwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,141,416th most widespread surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 186,860,152 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Shongwa reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
Shongwa is most common in South Africa, where it is borne by 24 people, or 1 in 2,257,404. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: Mpumalanga, where 42 percent live, KwaZulu-Natal, where 29 percent live and Gauteng, where 21 percent live. Barring South Africa this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 38 percent live.
Shongwa Last Name Statistics demography
Shongwa earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 69.55% less than the national average, earning R 72,360 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 Shongwa
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