Gokpa Surname
Approximately 183 people bear this surname
Gokpa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 117 | 1:197,190 | 8,500 |
| Benin | 29 | 1:356,400 | 27,355 |
| Nigeria | 28 | 1:6,326,527 | 151,186 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Liberia | 3 | 1:1,469,512 | 38,766 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Gôkpa (1) are calculated separately.
Gokpa (43) may also be a first name.
Gokpa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gokpa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gokpa is found in The Ivory Coast more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Gôkpa. For other potential spellings of Gokpa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gokpa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,257,535th most widespread surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 39,822,655 people. The last name Gokpa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 90 percent of Gokpa live; 90 percent live in West Africa and 49 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gokpa is also the 1,545,828th most frequent forename world-wide, borne by 43 people.
This last name is most widely held in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 117 people, or 1 in 197,190. In The Ivory Coast Gokpa is most numerous in: Montagnes District, where 61 percent live, Gôh-Djiboua District, where 26 percent live and Abidjan Autonomous District, where 11 percent live. Not including The Ivory Coast this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 16 percent live and Nigeria, where 15 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gôkpa | 93 | 1 | / |
| Gokpai | 91 | 120 | / |
| Ngokpa | 91 | 56 | / |
| Gokpah | 91 | 54 | / |
| Goukpa | 91 | 2 | / |
| Okpa | 89 | 12,293 | / |
| Goekpah | 83 | 29 | / |
| Gookpah | 83 | 7 | / |
| Ngokpai | 83 | 3 | / |
| Gakpa | 80 | 977 | / |
| Okpah | 80 | 565 | / |
| Okpai | 80 | 413 | / |
| Gokpe | 80 | 81 | / |
| Okpaa | 80 | 35 | / |
| Okpoa | 80 | 34 | / |
| Gokpo | 80 | 10 | / |
| Okpea | 80 | 7 | / |
| Ookpa | 80 | 6 | / |
| Okpay | 80 | 3 | / |
| Okpha | 80 | 2 | / |
| Hokpa | 80 | 2 | / |
| Oukpa | 80 | 2 | / |
| Okgpa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gokpé | 80 | 1 | / |
| Oykpa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ockpa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Uokpa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gekpa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Okpau | 80 | 1 | / |
| Okpaï | 80 | 1 | / |
| Okpfa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gokpeh | 73 | 112 | / |
| Ngukpa | 73 | 56 | / |
| Ngakpa | 73 | 23 | / |
| Houkpa | 73 | 21 | / |
| Okphai | 73 | 11 | / |
| Gakpai | 73 | 7 | / |
| Hokpat | 73 | 6 | / |
| Gakpah | 73 | 6 | / |
| Gokpeu | 73 | 5 | / |
| Gokpyi | 73 | 5 | / |
| Ngogpa | 73 | 3 | / |
| Goukpo | 73 | 3 | / |
| Gakpaï | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okpaha | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okpass | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gokpie | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oukpai | 73 | 1 | / |
| Otkpah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gekpah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hokpah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okphay | 73 | 1 | / |
| Akpa | 67 | 45,517 | / |
| Okpo | 67 | 24,176 | / |
| Ngokpho | 67 | 38 | / |
| Agpa | 67 | 19 | / |
| Ogpa | 67 | 8 | / |
| Gahakpa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ngokpou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gakpaha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Houkpaï | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okpuoha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okpahie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gakkpah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gookpoh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gaekpah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gottcpa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okpaych | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ocpa | 67 | 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
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- 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 Gokpa
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