Garkpah Surname

480,002nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 695 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Garkpah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Garkpah 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
Liberia6941:6,352753
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Garkpah (21) may also be a first name.

Garkpah Last Name Facts

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

The surname Garkpah is found most frequently in Liberia. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Garkpah? popularity and diffusion

The surname Garkpah is the 480,002nd most common family name internationally, held by around 1 in 10,485,678 people. The last name Garkpah occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Garkpah live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 2,368,944th most frequently held first name internationally. It is borne by 21 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Liberia, where it is carried by 694 people, or 1 in 6,352. In Liberia Garkpah is most frequent in: Grand Bassa County, where 45 percent are found, Montserrado County, where 25 percent are found and Nimba County, where 18 percent are found. Other than Liberia this surname is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent are found.

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
Garkpeah931/
Ngarkpah931/
Garkpa92146/
Garkpai86100/
Gorkpah8633/
Garkpea862/
Garkkpa861/
Garkpoh861/
Garkpo7741/
Gorkpo621/

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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 Garkpah
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