Nyakpo Surname

245,043rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,625 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Togo

Nyakpo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nyakpo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana9701:27,8563,309
Togo6301:11,5042,968
Nigeria111:16,103,887259,204
Benin61:1,722,60061,769
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
England11:55,718,059489,080
France11:66,422,722504,397
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155

Nyakpo (16) may also be a first name.

Nyakpo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nyakpo is most common in Ghana. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nyakpo? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 245,043rd most widespread surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 4,484,644 people. The surname Nyakpo is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyakpo reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nyakpo is also the 2,786,762nd most frequently occurring first name at a global level, held by 16 people.

This last name is most common in Ghana, where it is carried by 970 people, or 1 in 27,856. Barring Ghana this surname exists in 10 countries. It is also found in Togo, where 39 percent reside and Nigeria, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nyakpoa921/
Nyakpoh921/
Nyakpa8324/
Nyokpo831/
Nyakpah779/
Gnakpoh774/
Nyakepa773/
Gnihakpo719/
Niakpa67101/
Nhokpo672/
Nyokpa671/
Neakpah621/
Njagpou621/
Gnoukpo621/
Niacpa502/

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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 Nyakpo
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