Tikape Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

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

Tikape Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tikape Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea181:452,98457,838
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Tikape (11) may also be a first name.

Tikape Last Name Facts

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

Tikape is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of Tikape click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tikape? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,532,898th most commonly occurring surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. The surname Tikape is mostly found in Oceania, where 95 percent of Tikape live; 95 percent live in Oceania Islands and 95 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Tikape is also the 3,487,849th most numerous first name on earth, borne by 11 people.

The last name Tikape is most widespread in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 18 people, or 1 in 452,984. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: Hela, where 61 percent are found, Western Highlands, where 28 percent are found and Enga, where 6 percent are found. Aside from Papua New Guinea this surname exists in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 5 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tikap9140/
Tikapa83141/
Tiskap8343/
Tiokap8319/
Tikepe836/
Tekape835/
Tukape833/
Tikipe831/
Tikapp831/
Tiekap831/
Tikaph831/
Tiekapa7716/
Tikappa774/
Ttikapa773/
Tikkapp773/
Tikkapa773/
Tickepe771/
Thikapp771/
Tikippe770/
Tekap73167/
Tikop7369/
Tikab7314/
Tikkappa7131/
Tikapaya719/
Ttikapay711/
Tekapa672,162/
Teukap67211/
Ticapa6739/
Tekapi6730/
Tukapi6719/
Tukepe677/
Tiekayapa676/
Tekepe676/
Tukope672/
Tiecap671/
Taikop671/
Teikop671/
Tikkav671/
Tikepi671/

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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 Tikape
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