Dekpe Surname

202,865th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,052 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Togo
Highest density in:
Togo

Dekpe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dekpe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Togo9451:7,6701,744
Benin5511:18,7582,512
Nigeria4341:408,16321,320
DR Congo751:985,06164,020
Ivory Coast361:640,86818,598
Ghana91:3,002,29911,581
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Dekpe (94) may also be a first name.

Dekpe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Dekpe has its highest incidence in Togo. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Dekpe.

How Common Is The Last Name Dekpe? popularity and diffusion

It is the 202,865th most widely held surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 3,551,436 people. The last name Dekpe is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Dekpe reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Dekpe is also the 980,251st most prevalent given name at a global level, held by 94 people.

Dekpe is most commonly used in Togo, where it is borne by 945 people, or 1 in 7,670. Other than Togo it occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 27 percent reside and Nigeria, where 21 percent reside.

Dekpe Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Nigeria.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dekpea91320/
Dekpey91106/
Deekpe9196/
Deakpe9139/
Dekpeh9116/
Dhekpe916/
Dekpee915/
Deikpe914/
Doekpe912/
Doekpeh8358/
Deakpeh839/
Doekpee835/
Dekpieh831/
Dakpe801,855/
Dokpe80671/
Dikpe80488/
Dekpa8032/
Dekpi801/
Degpe801/
Deekp801/
Dekpai7331/
Daikpe7330/
Diekpa7325/
Daïkpe7318/
Daakpe7316/
Deakpa737/
Dekpoa736/
Dakpee736/
Dahkpe735/
Deekpa733/
Daykpe731/
Dikpeh731/
Dekpha731/
Dakpey731/
Daykpee6764/
Daykpeh6718/
Daakpee6713/
Daikpeh672/
Deycppe672/
Decp671/
Dekv671/
Dejtkpt671/
Deekpoa671/
Dokpeah671/
Daykpea671/
Dagkpeh671/

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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 Dekpe
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