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
The surname Shapita (Hindi: शपीता, Marathi: शपीता, Russian: Шапита) is found most in Zambia. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Shapita click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shapita? popularity and diffusion
The surname Shapita is the 1,795,579th most widely held surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 69,405,199 people. Shapita occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Shapita are found; 97 percent are found in Southern Africa and 97 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most commonly held first name on earth, held by 15 people.
It is most numerous in Zambia, where it is carried by 100 people, or 1 in 158,499. In Zambia Shapita is most prevalent in: Copperbelt Province, where 59 percent live, Lusaka Province, where 32 percent live and Northern Province, where 4 percent live. Outside of Zambia Shapita exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Belarus, where 1 percent live and India, where 1 percent live.
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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