Anankpa Surname

2,273,756th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 70 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Anankpa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Anankpa Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria671:2,643,92285,652
Benin31:3,445,20177,822

Anankpa Last Name Facts

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

Anankpa occurs most in Nigeria. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Anankpa? popularity and diffusion

The surname Anankpa is the 2,273,756th most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 104,107,799 people. The last name Anankpa occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Anankpa live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name Anankpa is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 67 people, or 1 in 2,643,922. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Benue, where 64 percent reside, Niger, where 27 percent reside and Lagos, where 4 percent reside. Beside Nigeria it exists in one country. It is also found in Benin, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Agnankpa931/
Onankpa8674/
Anankpo868/
Anamkpa864/
Anankpi861/
Anonkpo7118/
Anonkpi716/
Onankpe712/
Ainonkpo6775/
Aïnonkpo6720/
Aînonkpo671/
Anonkpoh671/
Angangpi671/
Agnounkpo637/
Hounankpo631/
Ononkpo571/
Hononkpo532/
Onnonkpo531/
Amnongpho508/
Hounonkpo503/
Hounonkpe502/
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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 Anankpa
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