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
Shapela is found most in Zambia. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shapela? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,391,595th most frequently used surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 46,417,490 people. The last name Shapela is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Shapela reside; 80 percent reside in Southern Africa and 80 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,136,160th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 25 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Zambia, where it is borne by 123 people, or 1 in 128,861. In Zambia it is most common in: Copperbelt Province, where 28 percent live, Lusaka Province, where 26 percent live and Southern Province, where 16 percent live. Besides Zambia this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 17 percent live and The DR Congo, where 3 percent live.
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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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