Ankpese Surname
Approximately 38 people bear this surname
Ankpese Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 36 | 1:4,920,632 | 129,434 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
Ankpese Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ankpese Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ankpese is most common in Nigeria. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ankpese? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,185,033rd most commonly occurring surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 191,777,524 people. Ankpese is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Ankpese live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 36 people, or 1 in 4,920,632. In Nigeria Ankpese is most frequent in: Benue, where 72 percent are found, Federal Capital Territory, where 14 percent are found and Osun, where 11 percent are found. Other than Nigeria it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 3 percent are found and Iceland, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amkpese | 86 | 18 | / |
| Ankpeace | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gankpessi | 75 | 6 | / |
| Hangpes | 71 | 15 | / |
| Hounkpeze | 63 | 35 | / |
| Hounkpasse | 59 | 45 | / |
| Hounkpedje | 59 | 45 | / |
| Hounkpessi | 59 | 1 | / |
| Hounkpehedji | 53 | 42 | / |
| Angphasi | 53 | 12 | / |
| Honkpedji | 50 | 4 | / |
| Ounkpedji | 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
- 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 Ankpese
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