Nkpa Surname

428,270th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 806 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nkpa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nkpa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria7671:230,95513,515
United States131:27,881,456736,413
England101:5,571,806158,774
France101:6,642,272293,169
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Togo11:7,247,76812,049

Nkpa (224) may also be a first name.

Nkpa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nkpa is found most in Nigeria. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nkpa? popularity and diffusion

Nkpa is the 428,270th most widespread family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 9,041,620 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Nkpa live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 601,629th most numerous first name on earth. It is borne by 224 people.

The last name Nkpa is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 767 people, or 1 in 230,955. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Abia, where 28 percent are found, Cross River, where 24 percent are found and Rivers, where 15 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this surname occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.

Nkpa Last Name Statistics demography

Nkpa earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 4.45% more than the national average, earning $45,069 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nkpaa89172/
Nkpah89100/
N'Kpa8924/
Nkpai8910/
Nkpea896/
Nkpha892/
Nkpaah8023/
N'Kpoa801/
N'Kpaa801/
Nkpe75762/
Nkpo75230/
Nkpi758/
Ngpa751/
Ncpa751/
Nkhpeha731/
Nkpee67352/
N'Kpe67270/
Nkpeh67176/
N'Kpo67108/
Nkpei6785/
Nkpoh6730/
Nkpii6722/
Nkphe674/
Nkpoo673/
Nkpie673/
N'Kpi672/
Nqupa671/
Nkpeï671/
Nkpey671/
Nkpoi671/
Nkpop671/
Nnkpe671/
Nkpio671/
Nkpoy671/

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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 Nkpa
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