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) has its highest incidence in Zambia. It can also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Shapita? popularity and diffusion
Shapita is the 1,795,579th most frequently held last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 69,405,199 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Shapita live; 97 percent live in Southern Africa and 97 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most numerous first name world-wide. It is borne by 15 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Zambia, where it is held by 100 people, or 1 in 158,499. In Zambia it is primarily concentrated in: Copperbelt Province, where 59 percent are found, Lusaka Province, where 32 percent are found and Northern Province, where 4 percent are found. Barring Zambia it is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Belarus, where 1 percent are found and India, where 1 percent are found.
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
- 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 Shapita
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