Last name שיווא (Shiva 
, שיווא 
) , globally, is a common cognomen. The family name שיווא is habitual in Qatar, where it is quite a common surname, Suriname, and United Arab Emirates, where it is quite a rare surname. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in India, Nepal, and Saudi Arabia. More frequently, שיווא is the forename as well as the last name.