Shunga Surname
Approximately 136 people bear this surname
Shunga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 116 | 1:467,049 | 38,892 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Zimbabwe | 3 | 1:5,146,080 | 115,446 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Shunga (19) may also be a first name.
Shunga Demographics
Average Shunga Salary in
South Africa
R 171,732
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Shunga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shunga Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shunga (Hindi: शुनगा, Marathi: शुंगा, Russian: Шунга) has its highest incidence in South Africa. It can appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shunga? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,527,735th most widespread last name internationally, held by around 1 in 53,584,896 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Shunga reside; 95 percent reside in Southern Africa and 95 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most commonly used first name world-wide, held by 19 people.
This last name is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is carried by 116 people, or 1 in 467,049. In South Africa it is mostly found in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 47 percent reside, Free State, where 44 percent reside and Gauteng, where 4 percent reside. Other than South Africa it occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 7 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 2 percent reside.
Shunga Last Name Statistics demography
Shunga earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 27.73% less than the national average, earning R 171,732 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shunga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shunga in the Hindi language | ||
| शुनगा | sunaga | - |
| Shunga in the Marathi language | ||
| शुंगा | sunga | - |
| Shunga in the Russian language | ||
| Шунга | sunga | - |
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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 Shunga
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