Tarkpe Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Liberia

Tarkpe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Tarkpe 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
Nigeria261:6,813,183158,601
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110

Tarkpe Last Name Facts

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

Tarkpe has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Tarkpe click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tarkpe? popularity and diffusion

The last name Tarkpe is the 3,730,171st most frequent last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tarkpe live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 26 people, or 1 in 6,813,183. In Nigeria Tarkpe is most numerous in: Benue, where 100 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 4 percent live and Liberia, where 4 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
Tarkpea9242/
Tarkpee9237/
Tarkpeh9234/
Tarkpeu921/
Taarkper869/
Tarkpehe866/
Tarkkpee861/
Terkpe83191/
Torkpe8382/
Tarkpa8312/
Torkpei7715/
Terkpeh7711/
Torkper775/
Torkpie771/
Torkpeh771/
Targp731/
Torkpeah711/
Tarkpaya711/
Torkpa67343/
Torkpaaye676/
Torkhpai571/
Tarqb551/
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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 Tarkpe
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