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 last name Shapala (Bengali: শাপলা, Georgian: შაფალა, Hindi: शपला) has its highest incidence in Malawi. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shapala? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 942,947th most frequently occurring surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 26,214,194 people. The surname Shapala occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Shapala live; 86 percent live in Southern Africa and 86 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Shapala is also the 1,321,957th most commonly occurring forename globally, held by 56 people.
The surname Shapala is most frequent in Malawi, where it is held by 209 people, or 1 in 81,910. Apart from Malawi it occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 10 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 10 percent are found.
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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