Shapemba Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Shapemba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Shapemba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shapemba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shapemba is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shapemba? popularity and diffusion
The surname Shapemba is the 6,063,924th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Shapemba are found; 90 percent are found in East Africa and 90 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Shapemba is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 5,882,401. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Iringa Region, where 44 percent are found, Mbeya Region, where 44 percent are found and Njombe Region, where 11 percent are found. Without taking into account Tanzania this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 10 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sapemba | 93 | 154 | / |
| Chapemba | 88 | 159 | / |
| Saphemba | 88 | 21 | / |
| Shapembe | 88 | 1 | / |
| Sapembe | 80 | 19 | / |
| Sapamba | 80 | 5 | / |
| Sapembi | 80 | 4 | / |
| Sepemba | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sapomba | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sapimba | 80 | 1 | / |
| Chapembe | 75 | 222 | / |
| Shapombo | 75 | 21 | / |
| Shapimbi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chaphimba | 71 | 131 | / |
| Sapombo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sapimbi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sopimba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sepamba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sephambo | 63 | 3 | / |
| Sepombo | 53 | 39 | / |
| Zoupmba | 53 | 17 | / |
| Seipmbi | 53 | 1 | / |
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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 Shapemba
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