Shuwa Surname
Approximately 2,331 people bear this surname
Shuwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,566 | 1:113,118 | 7,521 |
| Japan | 679 | 1:188,283 | 8,698 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Zimbabwe | 34 | 1:454,066 | 38,992 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Shuwa (20,005) may also be a first name.
Shuwa Demographics
Shuwa Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Shuwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shuwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shuwa occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shuwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Shuwa is the 182,345th most numerous last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 3,126,360 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 70 percent of Shuwa live; 67 percent live in West Africa and 67 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 37,778th most frequently occurring first name globally. It is borne by 20,005 people.
The surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,566 people, or 1 in 113,118. In Nigeria Shuwa is primarily concentrated in: Borno, where 28 percent are found, Yobe, where 19 percent are found and Benue, where 10 percent are found. Besides Nigeria it exists in 16 countries. It also occurs in Japan, where 29 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found.
Shuwa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is principally Muslim (62%) in Nigeria.
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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 Shuwa
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