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

The last name Shapkota (Tibetan: ཤིབ་ཀོ་ཏ།) occurs more in India more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Shapkota? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,882,912th most widespread last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 75,129,339 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 91 percent of Shapkota reside; 68 percent reside in South Asia and 67 percent reside in Indo-South Asia.

The last name is most common in India, where it is held by 59 people, or 1 in 13,001,108. In India Shapkota is mostly found in: Assam, where 58 percent live, Sikkim, where 17 percent live and West Bengal, where 17 percent live. Excluding India this last name occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in Qatar, where 23 percent live and Nepal, where 6 percent live.

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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