Adekpa Surname

2,530,696th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 58 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Ivory Coast

Adekpa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Adekpa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria231:7,701,859170,290
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Ivory Coast141:1,647,94532,915

Adekpa (20) may also be a first name.

Adekpa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Adekpa is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Adekpa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Adekpa? popularity and diffusion

The surname Adekpa is the 2,530,696th most widely held surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 125,647,343 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Adekpa live; 62 percent live in West Africa and 62 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Adekpa is also the 2,446,817th most commonly held first name globally It is held by 20 people.

The last name Adekpa is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 23 people, or 1 in 7,701,859. In Nigeria Adekpa is most frequent in: Benue, where 74 percent are found, Federal Capital Territory, where 22 percent are found and Nasarawa, where 4 percent are found. Besides Nigeria it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 36 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 24 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Adekpeea863/
Adekpe833,524/
Adokpa83228/
Adikpa83112/
Adekpo8382/
Adakpa8331/
Odekpa834/
Edekpa831/
Adekpi831/
Adekpui77492/
Edeikpa7744/
Adekpee7717/
Adeikpe776/
Adeekpe775/
Hadekpe774/
Aidekpe774/
Odeakpa773/
Adiekpe773/
Adokpea773/
Adekpoh771/
Adokpah771/
Edoekpa771/
Adhokpa771/
Audekpe771/
Adehkpe771/
Adikpe674,598/
Edokpa671,357/
Adokpo67736/
Adikpo67571/
Adakpo67189/
Edikpa67101/
Odikpa6788/
Odokpa6787/
Odekpe6739/
Edekpo6737/
Odecpa6714/
Odekpo6713/
Odakpa676/
Adikpi671/

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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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  • 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 Adekpa
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