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 last name Gokpa is carried by more people in The Ivory Coast than any other country/territory. It can appear as: 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 commonly held surname in the world, held by around 1 in 39,822,655 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Gokpa live; 90 percent live in West Africa and 49 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,545,828th most frequent forename at a global level It is held by 43 people.
This surname is most widespread in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 117 people, or 1 in 197,190. In The Ivory Coast it is most common in: Montagnes District, where 61 percent are found, Gôh-Djiboua District, where 26 percent are found and Abidjan Autonomous District, where 11 percent are found. Apart from The Ivory Coast this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 16 percent are found and Nigeria, where 15 percent are found.
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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- 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 Gokpa
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