Tekpa Surname
Approximately 1,928 people bear this surname
Tekpa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 1,772 | 1:41,693 | 5,114 |
| Ivory Coast | 92 | 1:250,774 | 9,967 |
| Benin | 39 | 1:265,015 | 22,836 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Tekpa (47) may also be a first name.
Tekpa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tekpa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tekpa (Tibetan: རྟེག་པ།) occurs in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tekpa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 213,544th most frequently occurring surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,779,847 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Tekpa live; 92 percent live in Central Africa and 92 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Tekpa is also the 1,467,136th most commonly held first name globally, borne by 47 people.
The surname is most widely held in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 1,772 people, or 1 in 41,693. Beside The DR Congo Tekpa exists in 10 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 5 percent reside and Benin, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tiekpa | 91 | 84 | / |
| Thekpa | 91 | 21 | / |
| Tekpah | 91 | 5 | / |
| Teakpa | 91 | 1 | / |
| Toekpah | 83 | 10 | / |
| Teekpah | 83 | 10 | / |
| Tekpeah | 83 | 1 | / |
| Tiekpah | 83 | 1 | / |
| Tokpa | 80 | 18,599 | / |
| Takpa | 80 | 3,395 | / |
| Tekpo | 80 | 1,595 | / |
| Tecpa | 80 | 1,239 | / |
| Tekpe | 80 | 202 | / |
| Tikpa | 80 | 201 | / |
| Tekpi | 80 | 91 | / |
| Teahkpah | 77 | 9 | / |
| Tokpah | 73 | 29,034 | / |
| Takpah | 73 | 523 | / |
| Tekpeh | 73 | 301 | / |
| Tiokpa | 73 | 73 | / |
| Tekpee | 73 | 50 | / |
| Takpay | 73 | 9 | / |
| Thakpa | 73 | 9 | / |
| Teekpo | 73 | 8 | / |
| Tokpay | 73 | 7 | / |
| Tokpha | 73 | 6 | / |
| Togkpa | 73 | 5 | / |
| Tiekpo | 73 | 3 | / |
| Tekpho | 73 | 3 | / |
| Tekpey | 73 | 3 | / |
| Thokpa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Tikpaï | 73 | 2 | / |
| Teakpo | 73 | 2 | / |
| Tokpea | 73 | 2 | / |
| Tekpoh | 73 | 2 | / |
| Tokpaa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Tokpai | 73 | 2 | / |
| Tekpou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tekpei | 73 | 1 | / |
| Thekpe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tekppi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Teekpe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tiekpe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tyokpa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tokkpa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tikpah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Teakpe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Toekpei | 67 | 84 | / |
| Teekpoh | 67 | 45 | / |
| Taykpah | 67 | 10 | / |
| Toikpah | 67 | 6 | / |
| Togkpah | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ttikpat | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tiekpoh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tehekpo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Teekpee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Taikpah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Teekpie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tokpeah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Teekper | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tokpaah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Teakpho | 67 | 1 | / |
Tekpa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tekpa in the Tibetan language | ||
| རྟེག་པ། | tekpa | - |
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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 Tekpa
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