Shamputa Surname

499,041st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 660 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Shamputa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shamputa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia6541:24,2352,594
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Shamputa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Shamputa is found most in Zambia. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Shamputa? popularity and diffusion

The surname Shamputa is the 499,041st most frequently used family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 11,041,736 people. Shamputa is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Shamputa live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

Shamputa is most numerous in Zambia, where it is borne by 654 people, or 1 in 24,235. In Zambia it is primarily found in: Central Province, where 47 percent are found, Lusaka Province, where 22 percent are found and Copperbelt Province, where 16 percent are found. Beside Zambia this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Shamputa
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis