Takupa Surname

4,206,983rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22 people bear this surname

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

Takupa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Takupa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea201:407,68653,132
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Takupa (15) may also be a first name.

Takupa Last Name Facts

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

Takupa occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Takupa? popularity and diffusion

Takupa is the 4,206,983rd most widely held last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 331,252,087 people. This last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 91 percent of Takupa live; 91 percent live in Oceania Islands and 91 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,900,335th most widespread first name globally, held by 15 people.

The surname Takupa is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 20 people, or 1 in 407,686. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: Jiwaka, where 45 percent live, Hela, where 20 percent live and East New Britain, where 15 percent live. Apart from Papua New Guinea this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 5 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Takupe8377/
Takupi8322/
Takipa8310/
Takuppi7729/
Takoupo775/
Takupis773/
Takoupe772/
Taikipa772/
Takoupoh711/
Tekipa6713/
Tokipa6712/
Takipo675/
Tokupe673/
Tocupa671/
Tequipa6238/
Tacupiz621/
Tacupis621/
Tokoupoh576/
Tokipo5014/

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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 Takupa
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