Tekap Surname
Approximately 167 people bear this surname
Tekap Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 105 | 1:197,801 | 20,464 |
| Indonesia | 59 | 1:2,241,512 | 136,522 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
Tekap (24) may also be a first name.
Tekap Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tekap Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tekap is found most in Cameroon. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tekap? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,338,236th most frequent surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 43,637,999 people. Tekap occurs predominantly in Africa, where 63 percent of Tekap are found; 62 percent are found in Central Africa and 61 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,187,323rd most widely held given name internationally, held by 24 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is held by 105 people, or 1 in 197,801. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Centre Region, where 39 percent reside, West Region, where 32 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 24 percent reside. Excluding Cameroon this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 35 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teukap | 91 | 211 | / |
| Taekap | 91 | 31 | / |
| Tekape | 91 | 5 | / |
| Tiekap | 91 | 1 | / |
| Tekhaph | 83 | 1 | / |
| Takap | 80 | 364 | / |
| Tokap | 80 | 96 | / |
| Tikap | 80 | 40 | / |
| Tekop | 80 | 25 | / |
| Tekab | 80 | 7 | / |
| Taekab | 73 | 274 | / |
| Tiskap | 73 | 43 | / |
| Tiokap | 73 | 19 | / |
| Tikape | 73 | 19 | / |
| Tekhab | 73 | 12 | / |
| Tokaip | 73 | 9 | / |
| Takaip | 73 | 5 | / |
| Thekab | 73 | 4 | / |
| Takapp | 73 | 3 | / |
| Thekop | 73 | 3 | / |
| Teukop | 73 | 2 | / |
| Tikaph | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tiecap | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tekeab | 73 | 1 | / |
| Teikop | 73 | 1 | / |
| Takhap | 73 | 1 | / |
| Takaph | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tikapp | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tikkapp | 67 | 3 | / |
| Takkapp | 67 | 3 | / |
| Tokaipp | 67 | 1 | / |
| Teukoup | 67 | 1 | / |
| Thikapp | 67 | 1 | / |
| Texcape | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tecappe | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
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- 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 Tekap
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