Tukpa Surname

773,729th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 367 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Liberia

Tukpa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tukpa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2001:885,71438,609
DR Congo821:900,97060,382
Liberia441:100,1947,994
Papua New Guinea351:232,96332,024
England61:9,286,343223,652

Tukpa (79) may also be a first name.

Tukpa Last Name Facts

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

Tukpa has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tukpa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 773,729th most frequent last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 19,857,073 people. Tukpa is mostly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Tukpa reside; 66 percent reside in West Africa and 54 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,083,225th most commonly used first name worldwide, borne by 79 people.

It is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 200 people, or 1 in 885,714. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Bayelsa, where 38 percent reside, Rivers, where 24 percent reside and Benue, where 19 percent reside. Barring Nigeria Tukpa occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 22 percent reside and Liberia, where 12 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tukpah91470/
Toukpa91121/
Tuukpa914/
Tukpai912/
Taukpa911/
Tukpay911/
Tuekpah835/
Toukpah832/
Thukpai831/
Tukpach831/
Tokpa8018,599/
Tikpa80201/
Tukpo8072/
Tukpe8070/
Tugpa801/
Thuekpai774/
Toukpaha772/
Toukpo73336/
Toukpe73178/
Tukpei73106/
Tukpeh7386/
Tiekpa7384/
Tookpa7324/
Tukpui7312/
Tokpay737/
Tokpha736/
Togkpa735/
Tukpey733/
Tukpho733/
Tikpaï732/
Tugpay732/
Tokpai732/
Tokpaa732/
Tokpea732/
Tikpah731/
Taukpy731/
Tokkpa731/
Tukpee731/
Tukpoo731/
Tuekpo731/
Tukphy731/
Togkpah672/
Tuekpho671/
Tukphet671/
Toukpui671/
Tiekpah671/
Tokpeah671/
Tokpaah671/

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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 Tukpa
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