Shipela Surname
Approximately 308 people bear this surname
Shipela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 301 | 1:175,886 | 15,352 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
Shipela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shipela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shipela occurs in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shipela? popularity and diffusion
The surname Shipela is the 876,631st most frequently used last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 23,660,863 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Shipela live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 301 people, or 1 in 175,886. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Mbeya Region, where 98 percent reside, Rukwa Region, where 1 percent reside and Singida Region, where 0 percent reside. Not including Tanzania it is found in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Shipela
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