Lorkpa Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana

Lorkpa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Lorkpa 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
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
England11:55,718,059489,080

Lorkpa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lorkpa occurs more in Ghana more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Lorkpa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lorkpa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 8,193,072nd most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 80 percent of Lorkpa live; 80 percent live in West Africa and 80 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This surname is most prevalent in Ghana, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 6,755,173. Besides Ghana it exists in one country. It also occurs in England, where 20 percent live.

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
Lorkpah921/
Larkpa8310/
Lorkpo836/
Larkpah7717/
Lorkpoh771/
Lorkpeh771/
Larkpeah711/
Larkpo6717/
Larkpoh625/
Larkpeh621/

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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 Lorkpa
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