Shapala Surname
Approximately 278 people bear this surname
Shapala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 209 | 1:81,910 | 10,289 |
| Zimbabwe | 29 | 1:532,353 | 42,865 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Shapala (56) may also be a first name.
Shapala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shapala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shapala (Bengali: শাপলা, Georgian: შაფალა, Hindi: शपला) occurs more in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Shapala? popularity and diffusion
It is the 942,947th most frequent last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 26,214,194 people. The surname Shapala is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Shapala are found; 86 percent are found in Southern Africa and 86 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Shapala is also the 1,321,957th most frequently held first name in the world, held by 56 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Malawi, where it is carried by 209 people, or 1 in 81,910. Outside of Malawi this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 10 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 10 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shapala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shapala in the Georgian language | ||
| შაფალა | shapala | - |
| Shapala in the Bengali language | ||
| শাপলা | sapala | - |
| Shapala in the Hindi language | ||
| शपला | sapala | - |
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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 Shapala
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