Shapkota Surname

1,882,912th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 97 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Qatar

Shapkota Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shapkota Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India591:13,001,108227,026
Qatar221:107,18211,536
Nepal61:4,746,82612,065
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Bhutan11:616,0391,715
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
France11:66,422,722504,397
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Shapkota Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Shapkota Come From? nationality or country of origin

Shapkota (Tibetan: ཤིབ་ཀོ་ཏ།) is found most in India. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Shapkota click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Shapkota? popularity and diffusion

Shapkota is the 1,882,912th most frequently occurring last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 75,129,339 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 91 percent of Shapkota reside; 68 percent reside in South Asia and 67 percent reside in Indo-South Asia.

Shapkota is most numerous in India, where it is held by 59 people, or 1 in 13,001,108. In India it is mostly concentrated in: Assam, where 58 percent reside, Sikkim, where 17 percent reside and West Bengal, where 17 percent reside. Outside of India it is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in Qatar, where 23 percent reside and Nepal, where 6 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sapkota937,051/
Sapkotta8836/
Chapkota8821/
Sapkhota884/
Shapkata883/
Shavkota882/
Shopkota881/
Sapkkota881/
Saupkota881/
Sapkotap881/
Sapkata80328/
Sabkota80110/
Sapkuta8029/
Sapkote802/
Sepkota801/
Sopkota801/
Shavkuta75212/
Sapkhata7554/
Chapkata7535/
Sapkatha7510/
Sapcotta754/
Shapcote750/
Shapcotte7122/
Shavkatha716/
Schapcote710/
Sapcote6764/
Sabkuta6715/
Sabkata6715/
Zapkoto674/
Sapkute672/
Sapkato671/
Shabkaty6357/
Shovkuta6352/
Shavkati6312/
Shavkuto631/
Chapkate631/
Shabkhati59138/
Sopkoutie593/
Shovkhata591/
Shavkatii591/

Shapkota Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Shapkota in the Tibetan language
ཤིབ་ཀོ་ཏ།shibkota-

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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
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  • 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 Shapkota
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