Takpa Surname
Approximately 3,395 people bear this surname
Takpa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Togo | 1,995 | 1:3,633 | 578 |
| Benin | 954 | 1:10,834 | 1,491 |
| India | 156 | 1:4,917,086 | 124,057 |
| Ivory Coast | 102 | 1:226,189 | 9,304 |
| Nigeria | 77 | 1:2,300,555 | 77,632 |
| Cameroon | 52 | 1:399,405 | 34,455 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| France | 8 | 1:8,302,840 | 321,660 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Liberia | 4 | 1:1,102,134 | 37,930 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Takpa (331) may also be a first name.
Takpa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Takpa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Takpa (Tibetan: སྟག་པགས་) is borne by more people in Togo than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Takpa.
How Common Is The Last Name Takpa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 132,890th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 2,146,553 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of Takpa live; 91 percent live in West Africa and 91 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Takpa is also the 481,336th most frequently occurring first name on earth, borne by 331 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Togo, where it is held by 1,995 people, or 1 in 3,633. Excluding Togo Takpa occurs in 15 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 28 percent live and India, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Takpah | 91 | 523 | / |
| Takpay | 91 | 9 | / |
| Thakpa | 91 | 9 | / |
| Teakpa | 91 | 1 | / |
| Taukpa | 91 | 1 | / |
| Takpaya | 83 | 636 | / |
| Taykpah | 83 | 10 | / |
| Takphap | 83 | 1 | / |
| Taikpah | 83 | 1 | / |
| Tokpa | 80 | 18,599 | / |
| Tekpa | 80 | 1,928 | / |
| Takpo | 80 | 473 | / |
| Takpe | 80 | 276 | / |
| Takpi | 80 | 95 | / |
| Tagpa | 80 | 7 | / |
| Teahkpah | 77 | 9 | / |
| Tokpah | 73 | 29,034 | / |
| Toukpa | 73 | 121 | / |
| Takpho | 73 | 33 | / |
| Tookpa | 73 | 24 | / |
| Thekpa | 73 | 21 | / |
| Tokpay | 73 | 7 | / |
| Tokpha | 73 | 6 | / |
| Taikpe | 73 | 5 | / |
| Tekpah | 73 | 5 | / |
| Togkpa | 73 | 5 | / |
| Tokpea | 73 | 2 | / |
| Takpoh | 73 | 2 | / |
| Tokpai | 73 | 2 | / |
| Tokpaa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Takpeh | 73 | 2 | / |
| Teakpo | 73 | 2 | / |
| Tagpat | 73 | 2 | / |
| Thokpa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Taukpy | 73 | 1 | / |
| Thacpa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Takpoo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Takpoi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Takpou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Takpes | 73 | 1 | / |
| Taakpe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Takpee | 73 | 1 | / |
| Teakpe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Thakpe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tokkpa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Taykpe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Takphot | 67 | 141 | / |
| Teekpah | 67 | 10 | / |
| Toekpah | 67 | 10 | / |
| Taakpee | 67 | 6 | / |
| Toikpah | 67 | 6 | / |
| Toukpah | 67 | 2 | / |
| Togkpah | 67 | 2 | / |
| Teakpho | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dtakpos | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tahkpeh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Taakpei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tekpeah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tokpath | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tokpeah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tokpaah | 67 | 1 | / |
Takpa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Takpa in the Tibetan language | ||
| སྟག་པགས་ | takpak | 33.33 |
| ཀྲེགས་པ་ | trekpa | 33.33 |
| ཀྲཀ་པ་ | trakapa | 33.33 |
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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 Takpa
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