Yokpa Surname

2,776,799th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 49 people bear this surname

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

Yokpa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yokpa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea311:263,02335,917
Benin161:645,97538,126
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110

Yokpa (38) may also be a first name.

Yokpa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Yokpa is found most frequently in Papua New Guinea. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Yokpa.

How Common Is The Last Name Yokpa? popularity and diffusion

The last name Yokpa is the 2,776,799th most frequently held last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 148,725,427 people. The last name Yokpa occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 63 percent of Yokpa are found; 63 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 63 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Yokpa is also the 1,662,754th most widely held first name globally, held by 38 people.

The last name Yokpa is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 31 people, or 1 in 263,023. In Papua New Guinea it is most numerous in: Chimbu, where 100 percent reside. Beside Papua New Guinea it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 33 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oyokpa9162/
Ayokpa9126/
Yokpah913/
Uyokpa911/
Ykpa892/
Yakpa801,901/
Yokpe8054/
Jokpa8026/
Yokpo8019/
Aykpa809/
Oykpa801/
Eokpa801/
Oyokpo73173/
Yakepa7348/
Ejokpa7342/
Uyokpe7330/
Yakpah7326/
Ojokpa7318/
Ajokpa737/
Ayokpo736/
Ayokpe736/
Yakpai736/
Jokpah735/
Iokpah732/
Yokpoo731/
Yakpay731/
Gaykpa731/
Jokpai731/
Yakpau731/
Yahkpa731/
Ijokpa731/
Ekpa679,889/
Ikpa677,854/
Ykpo6732/
Uyokpei6710/
Yahkpah677/
Ogiakpa674/
Ojiokpa673/
Gaykpah672/
Oyiokpe671/
Iokpeha671/
Uyokpey671/
Yahkpay671/
Jkpa671/

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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
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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 Yokpa
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