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) is more commonly found in Malawi than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Shapala.
How Common Is The Last Name Shapala? popularity and diffusion
Shapala is the 942,947th most commonly occurring family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 26,214,194 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Shapala reside; 86 percent reside in Southern Africa and 86 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,321,957th most widely held first name at a global level It is held by 56 people.
The surname Shapala is most commonly occurring in Malawi, where it is borne by 209 people, or 1 in 81,910. Aside from Malawi it exists in 7 countries. It is also found 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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