Akpekou Surname
Approximately 776 people bear this surname
Akpekou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 761 | 1:13,582 | 1,854 |
| Ivory Coast | 11 | 1:2,097,385 | 37,425 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
Akpekou (13) may also be a first name.
Akpekou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akpekou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Akpekou occurs more in Benin more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Akpekou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 440,964th most widely held last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 9,391,167 people. The surname Akpekou is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Akpekou reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Akpekou is also the 3,159,357th most commonly held first name at a global level. It is borne by 13 people.
This last name is most common in Benin, where it is borne by 761 people, or 1 in 13,582. In Benin Akpekou is most common in: Zou Department, where 50 percent live, Atlantique Department, where 44 percent live and Collines Department, where 3 percent live. Not including Benin it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent live and Nigeria, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aikpekou | 93 | 14 | / |
| Aïkpekou | 93 | 3 | / |
| Akpeko | 92 | 1,122 | / |
| Akpeku | 92 | 20 | / |
| Okpekou | 86 | 1 | / |
| Okpeku | 77 | 509 | / |
| Akpeka | 77 | 37 | / |
| Okpeko | 77 | 29 | / |
| Akpekaa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Agpekos | 71 | 1 | / |
| Akpikot | 71 | 1 | / |
| Okpeaku | 71 | 1 | / |
| Okpeuku | 71 | 1 | / |
| Akpaiko | 71 | 1 | / |
| Akpaikot | 67 | 27 | / |
| Akpeakaa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Aikpekae | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akpekhai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aikpekhai | 63 | 5 | / |
| Okpeka | 62 | 55 | / |
| Akpika | 62 | 33 | / |
| Okpiko | 62 | 4 | / |
| Okpiku | 62 | 4 | / |
| Akpikie | 57 | 63 | / |
| Akpaika | 57 | 1 | / |
| Okpekea | 57 | 1 | / |
| Akpiokha | 53 | 1 | / |
| Akpiokhai | 50 | 2 | / |
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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 Akpekou
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