Vakpa Surname
Approximately 77 people bear this surname
Vakpa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 75 | 1:2,361,903 | 79,171 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Vakpa (16) may also be a first name.
Vakpa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vakpa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Vakpa occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Vakpa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Vakpa is the 2,152,526th most commonly used surname in the world, held by around 1 in 94,643,453 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Vakpa live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Vakpa is also the 2,786,762nd most widely held first name on earth, borne by 16 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 75 people, or 1 in 2,361,903. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Nasarawa, where 83 percent reside, Kaduna, where 11 percent reside and Federal Capital Territory, where 7 percent reside. Not including Nigeria it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 1 percent reside and India, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vakpah | 91 | 9 | / |
| Vaikpah | 83 | 5 | / |
| Wakpa | 80 | 65 | / |
| Vakpo | 80 | 61 | / |
| Vekpa | 80 | 15 | / |
| Fakpa | 80 | 8 | / |
| Vakpe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Uakpa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Vagpa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Vakpeh | 73 | 16 | / |
| Veakpe | 73 | 15 | / |
| Vakper | 73 | 11 | / |
| Wakpah | 73 | 9 | / |
| Bakpai | 73 | 7 | / |
| Vaikpe | 73 | 4 | / |
| Bakpay | 73 | 3 | / |
| Vokpai | 73 | 2 | / |
| Bakhpa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Phakpa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hwakpa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Uakpai | 73 | 1 | / |
| Vookpa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Weakpa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wakpha | 73 | 1 | / |
| Phakpha | 67 | 200 | / |
| Feakpah | 67 | 6 | / |
| Pheakpa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Waykpai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vahkpeh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vaikpeh | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Vakpa
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