Terkper Surname

204,843rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,027 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana

Terkper Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Terkper Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana2,0091:13,4501,752
Nigeria101:17,714,276277,641
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212

Terkper (225) may also be a first name.

Terkper Last Name Facts

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

The last name Terkper is held by more people in Ghana than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Terkper? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 204,843rd most common family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,595,237 people. The surname Terkper is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Terkper live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Terkper is also the 599,828th most commonly occurring first name at a global level It is held by 225 people.

The surname Terkper is most frequent in Ghana, where it is borne by 2,009 people, or 1 in 13,450. Aside from Ghana this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 0 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tyerkper931/
Terakper931/
Tarkper86167/
Torkper865/
Taarkper809/
Tarkpeer804/
Tarkpera801/
Derkperou756/
Terkubuer751/
Tarkpor71987/
Torkpor7196/
Tarkpar714/
Tarkpur714/
Trogper711/
Torkpur711/
Turkpour67646/
Turkpoor6723/
Terkibir6722/
Torkpour6718/
Terkubur679/
Torukpur676/
Torkpoor672/
Treu-Kuiper671/
Torukpar671/
Tarkper Hoo671/
Tarkpoor671/
Tarikpur671/

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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 Terkper
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