Dakpon Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Dakpon Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dakpon Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin181:574,20035,798
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679

Dakpon Last Name Facts

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

The last name Dakpon is carried by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dakpon? popularity and diffusion

Dakpon is the 4,427,875th most numerous family name globally, borne by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. Dakpon is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Dakpon reside; 90 percent reside in West Africa and 90 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

Dakpon is most numerous in Benin, where it is borne by 18 people, or 1 in 574,200. In Benin Dakpon is most prevalent in: Zou Department, where 50 percent live, Collines Department, where 39 percent live and Atakora Department, where 6 percent live. Beside Benin it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 5 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dekpon83408/
Dokpon83342/
Dakpan836/
Dagpon831/
Dahakpoin8011/
Doukpon77472/
Dokphon77320/
Dagpong77184/
Dokpong77168/
Dokpoun771/
Dakpeun771/
Dahkpan771/
Dokphong7110/
Dokpoung711/
Doukpong711/
Dokpan6769/
Dogpon6742/
Dagpan672/
Dakpam671/
Dacpan671/
Dekpan671/
Dokpung6249/
Dokphan621/
Dokpang621/
Dacpang621/
Dokphung576/
Dacphung571/

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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 Dakpon
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