Chkhapelia Surname

993,593rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 258 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Georgia
Highest density in:
Georgia

Chkhapelia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Chkhapelia Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Georgia2391:15,6723,131
Russia111:13,102,096377,010
Kazakhstan51:3,536,499118,599
Abkhazia11:242,8655,354
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Greece11:11,079,790145,225

Chkhapelia Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Chkhapelia Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Chkhapelia (Georgian: ჩხაპელია, Russian: Чхапелиа) is most common in Georgia. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Chkhapelia? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 993,593rd most commonly held surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 28,246,302 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Chkhapelia live; 93 percent live in West Asia and 93 percent live in Kartvelo-West Asia.

This last name is most prevalent in Georgia, where it is borne by 239 people, or 1 in 15,672. In Georgia Chkhapelia is mostly found in: Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, where 85 percent live, Tbilisi, where 13 percent live and Imereti, where 2 percent live. Other than Georgia this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 4 percent live and Kazakhstan, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Chhapelia951/
Chhapela892/
Chhapila781/
Jkapela711/
Scapela710/
Skhopela673/
Scopela594/
Jkapele591/
Škopela591/
Skopela591/

Chkhapelia Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Chkhapelia in the Georgian language
ჩხაპელიაchkhapelia-
Chkhapelia in the Russian language
Чхапелиаchapelia-

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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 Chkhapelia
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