Dokpa Surname

534,813th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 603 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ivory Coast
Highest density in:
Ivory Coast

Dokpa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dokpa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ivory Coast3771:61,1973,581
Benin841:123,04313,434
DR Congo681:1,086,46468,260
Liberia561:78,7246,600
Papua New Guinea91:905,96994,851
Belgium71:1,642,37898,400
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Dokpa (136) may also be a first name.

Dokpa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Dokpa (Tibetan: འབྲོག་པ།) is most common in The Ivory Coast. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dokpa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 534,813th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 12,085,482 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 91 percent of Dokpa are found; 79 percent are found in West Africa and 70 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Dokpa is also the 794,286th most frequently held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 136 people.

The surname Dokpa is most frequently used in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 377 people, or 1 in 61,197. In The Ivory Coast it is most common in: Montagnes District, where 89 percent are found, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 11 percent are found and Comoé District, where 0 percent are found. Excluding The Ivory Coast this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 14 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 11 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dokpah91281/
Doukpa91256/
Doekpa9155/
Dokpay916/
Tdokpa911/
Duokpa911/
Doekpah8347/
Dokphai836/
Duokpah833/
Dokpeah831/
Dosskpa831/
Dukpa806,953/
Dokpo801,595/
Dakpa801,111/
Dokpe80671/
Dekpa8032/
Dokpô801/
Dokpè801/
Doukpo731,092/
Dekpea73320/
Doukpe73219/
Dekpah73165/
Dekpai7331/
Dehkpa7330/
Dakpah7314/
Duokpo7311/
Dokpip734/
Dokpoh733/
Deekpa733/
Doekpo732/
Dackpa732/
Dhokpo732/
Dukpah732/
Doekpe732/
Dukpea731/
Dakpay731/
Dekpha731/
Duokpe731/
Daakpa731/
Doukpi731/
Dhukpa731/
Dhokpy731/
Dakpai731/
Dokpou731/
Dokphot67117/
Dehkpah6769/
Doekpeh6758/
Dokphet6717/
Doekpee675/
Dhakpad674/
Dahkpah671/
Dokpioh671/
Doukpoyowa671/
Dock'po671/
Dokpoot671/
Daakpat671/

Dokpa Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Dokpa in the Tibetan language
འབྲོག་པ།drokpa-

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Dokpa
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