Akpes Surname

766,190th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 372 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ivory Coast
Highest density in:
Ivory Coast

Akpes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Akpes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ivory Coast3511:65,7303,766
Nigeria191:9,323,303191,560
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Akpes (165) may also be a first name.

Akpes Last Name Facts

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

Akpes is carried by more people in The Ivory Coast than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Akpes? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 766,190th most commonly used family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 19,590,177 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 51 percent of Akpes reside; 51 percent reside in West Africa and 51 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Akpes is also the 712,876th most widely held first name at a global level, held by 165 people.

The last name Akpes is most widespread in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 351 people, or 1 in 65,730. In The Ivory Coast it is most frequent in: Abidjan Autonomous District, where 52 percent live, Lagunes District, where 43 percent live and Comoé District, where 4 percent live. Aside from The Ivory Coast this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 5 percent live and Belgium, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Akpess91746/
Akpese91375/
Akpesse8399/
Akpeese8363/
Akpetse831/
Akpeshe831/
Agpes8056/
Ekpes8055/
Okpes8033/
Akpis801/
Akpeatse7719/
Akpeetse7715/
Akpeçe7322/
Okpese7312/
Akpais734/
Akpece732/
Akpysh731/
Akpois731/
Akpeisova714/
Akpeysova711/
Akpaise6722/
Okpeshe6717/
Akpecht672/
Eakpech671/
Akpitse671/
Akpeissova671/
Akpeche671/
Okpeise671/
Eakpetch622/
Okpis60108/
Agpis608/
Ekpis602/
Okpisz55325/
Okpise5548/
Okpysh5547/
Okpech556/
Okppis555/
Akpaix554/
Odkpis551/
Okpaise50240/

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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 Akpes
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