Torkpo Surname

626,382nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 489 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana

Torkpo Surname User-submission:

The surname Torkpo means 'one should mind his personal business', 'one should concentrate only on issues that involve himself'. It is used by people from the Volta Region, Ghana, West Africa.

Torkpo Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana4851:55,7135,980
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Togo11:7,247,76812,049

Torkpo Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The surname Torkpo means 'one should mind his personal business', 'one should concentrate only on issues that involve himself'. It is used by people from the Volta Region, Ghana, West Africa.

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Torkpo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Torkpo is found most in Ghana. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Torkpo? popularity and diffusion

Torkpo is the 626,382nd most common surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 14,902,957 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Torkpo live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name Torkpo is most prevalent in Ghana, where it is held by 485 people, or 1 in 55,713. Without taking into account Ghana it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent live and Togo, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Turkpah6215/
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Torkpo
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