Zapela Surname
Approximately 42 people bear this surname
Zapela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 37 | 1:5,785,793 | 142,916 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Zapela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zapela Come From? nationality or country of origin
Zapela (Russian: Запела) is more commonly found in Brazil than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zapela? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,017,195th most frequently held family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 173,512,998 people. This surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 98 percent of Zapela live; 90 percent live in South America and 88 percent live in Luso-South America.
This last name is most numerous in Brazil, where it is held by 37 people, or 1 in 5,785,793. In Brazil it is most frequent in: Santa Catarina, where 41 percent live, São Paulo, where 32 percent live and Paraná, where 22 percent live. Other than Brazil it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 7 percent live and Argentina, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zapela Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zapela in the Russian language | ||
| Запела | zapela | - |
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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 Zapela
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