Anankpa Surname
Approximately 70 people bear this surname
Anankpa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 67 | 1:2,643,922 | 85,652 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
Anankpa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Anankpa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Anankpa is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Anankpa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Anankpa is the 2,273,756th most frequently occurring surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 104,107,799 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Anankpa are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 67 people, or 1 in 2,643,922. In Nigeria Anankpa is primarily found in: Benue, where 64 percent are found, Niger, where 27 percent are found and Lagos, where 4 percent are found. Not including Nigeria it exists in one country. It is also common in Benin, where 4 percent are found.
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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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