Shapela Surname
Approximately 157 people bear this surname
Shapela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 123 | 1:128,861 | 9,635 |
| Nigeria | 27 | 1:6,560,843 | 154,927 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Shapela (25) may also be a first name.
Shapela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shapela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shapela is borne by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shapela? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,391,595th most prevalent surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 46,417,490 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Shapela live; 80 percent live in Southern Africa and 80 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,136,160th most numerous first name on earth, held by 25 people.
It is most frequently used in Zambia, where it is carried by 123 people, or 1 in 128,861. In Zambia it is most frequent in: Copperbelt Province, where 28 percent reside, Lusaka Province, where 26 percent reside and Southern Province, where 16 percent reside. Beside Zambia Shapela occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 17 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 3 percent reside.
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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
- 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 Shapela
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