Tikap Surname

3,100,440th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40 people bear this surname

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

Tikap Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tikap Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea291:281,16338,188
Indonesia91:14,694,355460,137
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Tikap (62) may also be a first name.

Tikap Last Name Facts

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

Tikap (Marathi: िटकप) occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tikap? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,100,440th most prevalent surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. It occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 95 percent of Tikap reside; 95 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 95 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Tikap is also the 1,246,114th most commonly used first name throughout the world, held by 62 people.

This last name is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 29 people, or 1 in 281,163. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily concentrated in: West Sepik, where 62 percent reside, East Sepik, where 21 percent reside and Morobe, where 17 percent reside. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 23 percent reside and Cameroon, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tiskap9143/
Tikape9119/
Tiokap9119/
Tikaph911/
Tiekap911/
Tikapp911/
Tikkapp833/
Thikapp831/
Tekap80167/
Tikop8069/
Tikab8014/
Tukap803/
Teukap73211/
Tekape735/
Taikop731/
Teikop731/
Tiecap731/
Tikkav731/
Tukapp731/
Tukkapp673/
Tiokoup673/
Tikkopp673/
Tekhaph671/

Tikap Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tikap in the Marathi language
िटकपitakapa-

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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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  • 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 Tikap
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