Dankpo Surname
Approximately 441 people bear this surname
Dankpo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 427 | 1:24,205 | 3,242 |
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
Dankpo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dankpo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dankpo is borne by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dankpo? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 676,370th most widely held family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 16,525,047 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Dankpo are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Dankpo is most prevalent in Benin, where it is held by 427 people, or 1 in 24,205. In Benin it is most prevalent in: Mono Department, where 87 percent live, Zou Department, where 5 percent live and Kouffo Department, where 3 percent live. Other than Benin it exists in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donkpo | 83 | 14 | / |
| Dankpa | 83 | 2 | / |
| Dounkpo | 77 | 78 | / |
| Donkpoh | 77 | 15 | / |
| Dangpos | 77 | 14 | / |
| Dankpah | 77 | 9 | / |
| Daungpo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Donkpoi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Dangpa | 67 | 218 | / |
| Domkpo | 67 | 6 | / |
| Damkpa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Daungpoot | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dangpas | 62 | 172 | / |
| Dongpop | 62 | 21 | / |
| Dangpad | 62 | 14 | / |
| Dongpoy | 62 | 4 | / |
| Dangpaa | 62 | 4 | / |
| Dangpat | 62 | 3 | / |
| Doungpo | 62 | 2 | / |
| Donkpah | 62 | 2 | / |
| Dangpau | 62 | 1 | / |
| Dongpho | 62 | 1 | / |
| Dangpha | 62 | 1 | / |
| Doumkpo | 62 | 1 | / |
| Dongphot | 57 | 196 | / |
| Doungpoo | 57 | 3 | / |
| Dangphat | 57 | 2 | / |
| Dongpoot | 57 | 1 | / |
| Doungpoot | 53 | 4 | / |
| Doungphot | 53 | 2 | / |
| Deangphat | 53 | 1 | / |
| Doungposh | 53 | 1 | / |
| Doungphoo | 53 | 1 | / |
| Domkpa | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Dankpo
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