Tekapo Surname

2,661,929th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 53 people bear this surname

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

Tekapo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tekapo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea471:173,48324,058
Cook Islands51:3,636866
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372

Tekapo (28) may also be a first name.

Tekapo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tekapo is more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Tekapo? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,661,929th most numerous family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 137,500,866 people. The surname Tekapo occurs mostly in Oceania, where 100 percent of Tekapo live; 98 percent live in Oceania Islands and 89 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,994,417th most widely held forename worldwide, held by 28 people.

It is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 47 people, or 1 in 173,483. In Papua New Guinea Tekapo is primarily found in: Enga, where 94 percent are found and Morobe, where 6 percent are found. Apart from Papua New Guinea it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The Cook Islands, where 9 percent are found and New Zealand, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Teikapo921/
Tekapa832,162/
Tekepo8371/
Takapo8329/
Tekopo839/
Takapoo77139/
Taekapa7729/
Tekaipa7728/
Tokapho7726/
Tiekapa7716/
Taikapo774/
Tekappa771/
Takappho7148/
Takkappo715/
Thakabpo712/
Tohkapho712/
Tekapach712/
Tykhapoi711/
Thakaapo711/
Tikepo67144/
Tikapa67141/
Takapa67100/
Tokapa6752/
Tekepa6739/
Takopo6720/
Tikopo677/
Tecapa674/
Tokopo673/
Thekkapat672/
Takepo672/
Tahkabpho671/

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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 Tekapo
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