Takpla Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Liberia

Takpla Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Takpla Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin21:5,167,80184,334
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110

Takpla Last Name Facts

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

The surname Takpla occurs most in Benin. It may also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Takpla.

How Common Is The Last Name Takpla? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 8,968,613th most frequent surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. Takpla occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Takpla are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 75 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name is most frequently used in Benin, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 5,167,801. In Benin Takpla is most frequent in: Donga Department, where 50 percent are found and Mono Department, where 50 percent are found. Outside of Benin this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Ghana, where 25 percent are found and Liberia, where 25 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tokplah7720/
Takplet775/
Tadkpli774/
Toekpla771/
Taikpleh711/
Tokplo67217/
Tekplo6718/
Tokple677/
Tokplé673/
Tokpli672/

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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 Takpla
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