Takpa Surname

132,890th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,395 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Togo
Highest density in:
Togo

Takpa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Takpa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Togo1,9951:3,633578
Benin9541:10,8341,491
India1561:4,917,086124,057
Ivory Coast1021:226,1899,304
Nigeria771:2,300,55577,632
Cameroon521:399,40534,455
DR Congo341:2,172,929106,971
France81:8,302,840321,660
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Liberia41:1,102,13437,930
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Ukraine21:22,761,348425,733
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Monaco11:37,0664,748
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Takpah91523/
Takpay919/
Thakpa919/
Teakpa911/
Taukpa911/
Takpaya83636/
Taykpah8310/
Takphap831/
Taikpah831/
Tokpa8018,599/
Tekpa801,928/
Takpo80473/
Takpe80276/
Takpi8095/
Tagpa807/
Teahkpah779/
Tokpah7329,034/
Toukpa73121/
Takpho7333/
Tookpa7324/
Thekpa7321/
Tokpay737/
Tokpha736/
Taikpe735/
Tekpah735/
Togkpa735/
Tokpea732/
Takpoh732/
Tokpai732/
Tokpaa732/
Takpeh732/
Teakpo732/
Tagpat732/
Thokpa732/
Taukpy731/
Thacpa731/
Takpoo731/
Takpoi731/
Takpou731/
Takpes731/
Taakpe731/
Takpee731/
Teakpe731/
Thakpe731/
Tokkpa731/
Taykpe731/
Takphot67141/
Teekpah6710/
Toekpah6710/
Taakpee676/
Toikpah676/
Toukpah672/
Togkpah672/
Teakpho671/
Dtakpos671/
Tahkpeh671/
Taakpei671/
Tekpeah671/
Tokpath671/
Tokpeah671/
Tokpaah671/

Takpa Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Takpa in the Tibetan language
སྟག་པགས་takpak33.33
ཀྲེགས་པ་trekpa33.33
ཀྲཀ་པ་trakapa33.33

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Takpa
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