Shapenga Surname
Approximately 129 people bear this surname
Shapenga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 126 | 1:125,793 | 9,482 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Shapenga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shapenga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shapenga occurs in Zambia more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Shapenga.
How Common Is The Last Name Shapenga? popularity and diffusion
Shapenga is the 1,581,912th most frequently held family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 56,492,604 people. The last name Shapenga is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Shapenga reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
Shapenga is most widespread in Zambia, where it is borne by 126 people, or 1 in 125,793. In Zambia Shapenga is most frequent in: Central Province, where 49 percent live, Lusaka Province, where 48 percent live and Southern Province, where 2 percent live. Aside from Zambia Shapenga is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Namibia, where 2 percent live and The DR Congo, where 1 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
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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 Shapenga
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