Jakpa Surname
Approximately 2,052 people bear this surname
Jakpa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 1,039 | 1:26,006 | 3,108 |
| Nigeria | 967 | 1:183,188 | 11,190 |
| Thailand | 17 | 1:4,155,197 | 336,594 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Jakpa (378) may also be a first name.
Jakpa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jakpa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Jakpa (Tibetan: བྱག་པ།) is found most in Ghana. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of Jakpa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jakpa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 202,865th most numerous surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,551,436 people. Jakpa is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Jakpa reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Jakpa is also the 446,161st most frequently used first name throughout the world, held by 378 people.
This surname is most common in Ghana, where it is borne by 1,039 people, or 1 in 26,006. Excluding Ghana Jakpa occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 47 percent live and Thailand, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jakpa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jakpa in the Tibetan language | ||
| བྱག་པ། | jakpa | 50 |
| ཇག་པ། | jakpa | 50 |
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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 Jakpa
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