Garkpa Surname
Approximately 146 people bear this surname
Garkpa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 136 | 1:32,416 | 3,052 |
| Benin | 10 | 1:1,033,560 | 48,353 |
Garkpa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Garkpa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Garkpa is held by more people in Liberia than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Garkpa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,459,453rd most commonly used family name globally It is held by around 1 in 49,914,698 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Garkpa reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 93 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa.
It is most frequently used in Liberia, where it is carried by 136 people, or 1 in 32,416. In Liberia Garkpa is most numerous in: Grand Bassa County, where 52 percent live, Montserrado County, where 15 percent live and Rivercess County, where 15 percent live. Apart from Liberia this surname exists in one country. It is also found in Benin, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garkpah | 92 | 695 | / |
| Garkpai | 92 | 100 | / |
| Garkpea | 92 | 2 | / |
| Garkkpa | 92 | 1 | / |
| Arkpa | 91 | 2 | / |
| Ngarkpah | 86 | 1 | / |
| Garkpeah | 86 | 1 | / |
| Garkpo | 83 | 41 | / |
| Harkpa | 83 | 12 | / |
| Garkpe | 83 | 9 | / |
| Garkpee | 77 | 515 | / |
| Garkpeh | 77 | 84 | / |
| Gorkpah | 77 | 33 | / |
| Garkpie | 77 | 6 | / |
| Garkpoh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Aharkpa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Harkpah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Arkpo | 73 | 19 | / |
| Orkpa | 73 | 13 | / |
| Orkpai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gorkpo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Orkpaa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Horkpah | 62 | 1 | / |
| Orkpo | 55 | 1 | / |
| Oirkpo | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Garkpa
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