Takpe Surname

948,111th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 276 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Takpe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Takpe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea1231:66,2908,647
Benin851:121,59513,329
Nigeria601:2,952,37992,303
India51:153,413,076951,030
Ivory Coast21:11,535,61661,806
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Takpe (93) may also be a first name.

Takpe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Takpe (Marathi: तळपे) occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Takpe? popularity and diffusion

The last name Takpe is the 948,111th most prevalent last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 26,404,152 people. The surname Takpe occurs mostly in Africa, where 53 percent of Takpe live; 53 percent live in West Africa and 53 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Takpe is also the 986,211th most frequently used first name world-wide It is held by 93 people.

This last name is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 123 people, or 1 in 66,290. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly found in: Jiwaka, where 61 percent live, Chimbu, where 37 percent live and West New Britain, where 2 percent live. Other than Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 31 percent live and Nigeria, where 22 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Taikpe915/
Takpeh912/
Takpes911/
Thakpe911/
Taakpe911/
Takpee911/
Teakpe911/
Taykpe911/
Takp8923/
Taakpee836/
Tahkpeh831/
Taakpei831/
Takpa803,395/
Tokpe80779/
Tekpe80202/
Takpi8095/
Tacpe8013/
Tekpeh73301/
Toukpe73178/
Tekpee7350/
Tokpeh7335/
Takpay739/
Tokphe737/
Tekpey733/
Tokpea732/
Tuokpe732/
Toskpe731/
Taukpy731/
Thekpe731/
Tekpei731/
Teakpa731/
Teekpe731/
Taukpa731/
Takpoi731/
Tokpei731/
Taikpeher711/
Takpaya67636/
Toekpei6784/
Takb6756/
Tokphet674/
Tuokper671/
Teekpee671/
Tekpeah671/
Teekpie671/
Tokpeah671/
Takv671/
Thokphe671/

Takpe Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Takpe in the Marathi language
तळपेtalape-

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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 Takpe
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