Chaapa Surname
Approximately 369 people bear this surname
Chaapa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 245 | 1:64,694 | 5,750 |
| India | 121 | 1:6,339,383 | 145,676 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
Chaapa (39) may also be a first name.
Chaapa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chaapa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chaapa is more commonly found in Zambia than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chaapa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chaapa is the 770,644th most widely held family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 19,749,447 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 67 percent of Chaapa are found; 66 percent are found in Southern Africa and 66 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Chaapa is also the 1,637,361st most commonly held first name throughout the world, borne by 39 people.
Chaapa is most widespread in Zambia, where it is held by 245 people, or 1 in 64,694. In Zambia it is mostly found in: Central Province, where 62 percent reside, Southern Province, where 20 percent reside and Lusaka Province, where 16 percent reside. Other than Zambia this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in India, where 33 percent reside and Uganda, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Chaapa
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