Adekpedjou Surname
Approximately 270 people bear this surname
Adekpedjou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 255 | 1:40,532 | 5,219 |
| Ivory Coast | 11 | 1:2,097,385 | 37,425 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Adékpédjou (1) are calculated separately.
Adekpedjou (222) may also be a first name.
Adekpedjou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Adekpedjou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Adekpedjou is carried by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Adékpédjou. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Adekpedjou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Adekpedjou is the 963,821st most commonly occurring surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 26,990,911 people. The last name Adekpedjou is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Adekpedjou are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 94 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Adekpedjou is also the 605,116th most widely held first name world-wide, borne by 222 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Benin, where it is held by 255 people, or 1 in 40,532. In Benin it is most frequent in: Ouémé Department, where 40 percent are found, Plateau Department, where 36 percent are found and Littoral Department, where 15 percent are found. Aside from Benin this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 4 percent are found and France, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adékpédjou | 93 | 1 | / |
| Adekpodjou | 90 | 40 | / |
| Adegpedjou | 90 | 1 | / |
| Adekpediou | 90 | 1 | / |
| Adegbedjou | 80 | 2 | / |
| Atikpedjou | 80 | 2 | / |
| Adegpeju | 78 | 1 | / |
| Atikpedjo | 74 | 2 | / |
| Attikpedjo | 70 | 4 | / |
| Adegbedji | 63 | 1 | / |
| Adegbidji | 53 | 1 | / |
| Atigbedjo | 53 | 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Adekpedjou
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