Shoniwa Surname

77,612th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,302 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Shoniwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shoniwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe5,7961:2,664178
Zambia2691:58,9225,361
England851:655,50738,035
South Africa711:763,06652,802
Botswana331:66,27111,607
United States221:16,475,406557,260
Iceland61:63,3484,218
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543

Shoniwa (763) may also be a first name.

Shoniwa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Shoniwa is most common in Zimbabwe. It may appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Shoniwa? popularity and diffusion

The surname Shoniwa is the 77,612th most frequently held surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 1,156,386 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Shoniwa live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 297,279th most commonly used first name world-wide, borne by 763 people.

This surname is most commonly used in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 5,796 people, or 1 in 2,664. In Zimbabwe it is primarily concentrated in: Harare Province, where 39 percent live, Mashonaland East Province, where 17 percent live and Mashonaland West Province, where 13 percent live. Besides Zimbabwe Shoniwa occurs in 16 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 4 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.

Shoniwa Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Shoniwa earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 248.72% more than the national average, earning R 828,696 per year and in United States they earn 23.52% less than the national average, earning $33,000 USD 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
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  • 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 Shoniwa
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