Shapai Surname
Approximately 204 people bear this surname
Shapai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 158 | 1:485,965 | 29,156 |
| Kazakhstan | 19 | 1:930,658 | 56,702 |
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| Malaysia | 12 | 1:2,457,852 | 95,442 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Shapai (19) may also be a first name.
Shapai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shapai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shapai (Marathi: शपाई) occurs in Iran more than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shapai? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,168,344th most frequently used surname globally It is held by around 1 in 35,723,264 people. Shapai is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Shapai are found; 84 percent are found in South Asia and 78 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Shapai is also the 2,523,061st most widely held given name globally, held by 19 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Iran, where it is borne by 158 people, or 1 in 485,965. In Iran Shapai is mostly concentrated in: Gilan Province, where 46 percent are found, Razavi Khorasan Province, where 43 percent are found and Qazvin Province, where 5 percent are found. Outside of Iran Shapai exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Kazakhstan, where 9 percent are found and India, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shapai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shapai in the Marathi language | ||
| शपाई | sapa'i | - |
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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
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- 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 Shapai
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