Shapili Surname
Approximately 187 people bear this surname
Shapili Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 185 | 1:249,621 | 17,012 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
Shapili (13) may also be a first name.
Shapili Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shapili Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shapili is found in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shapili? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,239,697th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 38,970,834 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Shapili live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 61 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Shapili is also the 3,159,357th most frequently used first name throughout the world, held by 13 people.
Shapili is most widely held in Kenya, where it is carried by 185 people, or 1 in 249,621. In Kenya it is primarily found in: Busia County, where 39 percent live, Trans Nzoia County, where 33 percent live and Bungoma County, where 28 percent live. Apart from Kenya it exists in one country. It is also common in Uganda, 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
- 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 Shapili
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