Shoriwa Surname
Approximately 2,089 people bear this surname
Shoriwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 2,071 | 1:7,454 | 846 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
Shoriwa (377) may also be a first name.
Shoriwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shoriwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shoriwa is found in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Shoriwa? popularity and diffusion
Shoriwa is the 199,907th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 3,488,533 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Shoriwa are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Shoriwa is also the 446,783rd most commonly held first name world-wide, borne by 377 people.
The last name Shoriwa is most frequently held in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 2,071 people, or 1 in 7,454. In Zimbabwe Shoriwa is most prevalent in: Mashonaland East Province, where 29 percent are found, Harare Province, where 28 percent are found and Manicaland Province, where 20 percent are found. Other than Zimbabwe it exists in 6 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 0 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Shoriwa
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