Shonhiwa Surname

55,810th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,096 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Shonhiwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shonhiwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe8,9101:1,73394
South Africa921:588,88845,159
Botswana441:49,7039,263
England301:1,857,26974,552
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
China21:683,660,78330,601
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Namibia21:1,204,70016,113
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

Shonhiwa (909) may also be a first name.

Shonhiwa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Shonhiwa occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Shonhiwa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 55,810th most commonly occurring surname in the world, held by around 1 in 801,181 people. The last name Shonhiwa is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Shonhiwa live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 269,059th most frequently held given name at a global level, held by 909 people.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 8,910 people, or 1 in 1,733. In Zimbabwe Shonhiwa is most common in: Harare Province, where 27 percent live, Mashonaland East Province, where 20 percent live and Mashonaland West Province, where 15 percent live. Without taking into account Zimbabwe Shonhiwa exists in 14 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 1 percent live and Botswana, where 0 percent live.

Shonhiwa Last Name Statistics demography

Shonhiwa earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 165.09% more than the national average, earning R 629,952 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 Shonhiwa
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