Alkap Surname

748,537th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 384 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Alkap Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Alkap Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey1501:518,80929,212
Indonesia1131:1,170,34783,147
Philippines681:1,488,797104,347
Malaysia301:983,14144,226
Papua New Guinea191:429,14355,452
Romania21:10,038,93580,612
England11:55,718,059489,080
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Alkap (452) may also be a first name.

Alkap Last Name Facts

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

The last name Alkap (Hindi: अलका, Marathi: कप) is borne by more people in Turkey than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Alkap.

How Common Is The Last Name Alkap? popularity and diffusion

Alkap is the 748,537th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 18,977,984 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 91 percent of Alkap reside; 55 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 54 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 402,268th most commonly occurring forename internationally It is held by 452 people.

This last name is most commonly held in Turkey, where it is carried by 150 people, or 1 in 518,809. In Turkey it is primarily found in: Kahramanmaras Province, where 57 percent live, Istanbul Province, where 13 percent live and Duzce Province, where 10 percent live. Aside from Turkey it is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 29 percent live and The Philippines, where 18 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Alkop8047/
Alkab8026/
Elkap8025/
Alcap805/
Alkapova775/
Halkop735/
Alkabs735/
Alkatb734/
Alcape734/
Alkaab733/
Alcaps732/
Golkap731/
Alkabd731/
Alkotp731/
Alkabsh6723/
Alkabch674/
Alkhaib673/
Alkotpe671/
Alcaype671/
Alcaipe671/

Alkap Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Alkap in the Marathi language
कपkapa-
Alkap in the Hindi language
अलकाalaka50
अलकापalakapa50

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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 Alkap
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