Dorkpah Surname

2,075,631st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 82 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Dorkpah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Dorkpah Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia811:54,4264,815
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742

Dorkpah Last Name Facts

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

The surname Dorkpah occurs more in Liberia more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Dorkpah? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,075,631st most common surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 88,872,511 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Dorkpah are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Liberia, where it is held by 81 people, or 1 in 54,426. In Liberia it is primarily found in: Nimba County, where 72 percent reside, Bong County, where 11 percent reside and Margibi County, where 9 percent reside. Barring Liberia this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Ghana, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dorkpa921/
Dorkpoh8673/
Derkpah8637/
Darkpah8620/
Dorkpai866/
Dorkpo7748/
Darkpa7718/
Derkpa771/
Durkpa771/
Durkpoh717/
Dorgpad711/
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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 Dorkpah
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