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Family name Karpe (Karp
, Karpa
, Karpe
) , across the world, is a common last name. The cognomen Karpe is habitual in Estonia, where it is quite a common surname, Moldova, where it is quite a rare surname, and Barbados. Measured by absolute frequency, it is commonest in India, the United States, and Germany. Much less frequently, Karpe is the forename as well as the last name.