Tarkpah Surname

2,168,711th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 76 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Tarkpah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Tarkpah 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
Liberia751:58,7805,161
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742

Tarkpah Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tarkpah is borne by more people in Liberia than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tarkpah? popularity and diffusion

The surname Tarkpah is the 2,168,711th most frequently held family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 95,888,762 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tarkpah live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Anglo-West Africa.

The surname Tarkpah is most frequently occurring in Liberia, where it is held by 75 people, or 1 in 58,780. In Liberia Tarkpah is mostly found in: Montserrado County, where 72 percent live, Bong County, where 8 percent live and Nimba County, where 8 percent live. Other than Liberia Tarkpah exists in one country. It is also common in Ghana, where 1 percent live.

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
Tarkpa9212/
Torkpah86688/
Tarkpea8642/
Tarkpoh863/
Targpah861/
Tuorkpah801/
Torkpeah801/
Torkpa77343/
Tarkpo7716/
Tarkpeu711/
Torkpoh711/
Torkhpai671/
Torkpaaye636/
Torkpo62489/
Torkpei5715/
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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 Tarkpah
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