Shapita Surname
Approximately 105 people bear this surname
Shapita Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 100 | 1:158,499 | 11,214 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Shapita (15) may also be a first name.
Shapita Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shapita Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shapita (Hindi: शपीता, Marathi: शपीता, Russian: Шапита) is more frequently found in Zambia than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shapita? popularity and diffusion
The last name Shapita is the 1,795,579th most widespread surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 69,405,199 people. Shapita is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Shapita live; 97 percent live in Southern Africa and 97 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Shapita is also the 2,900,335th most frequent given name throughout the world, held by 15 people.
It is most common in Zambia, where it is carried by 100 people, or 1 in 158,499. In Zambia Shapita is most frequent in: Copperbelt Province, where 59 percent reside, Lusaka Province, where 32 percent reside and Northern Province, where 4 percent reside. Outside of Zambia this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Belarus, where 1 percent reside and India, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shapita Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shapita in the Marathi language | ||
| शपीता | sapita | - |
| Shapita in the Hindi language | ||
| शपीता | sapita | 57.14 |
| शपिता | sapita | 28.57 |
| शापिता | sapita | 14.29 |
| Shapita in the Russian language | ||
| Шапита | sapita | - |
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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 Shapita
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