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 last name Dekpe is held by more people in Togo than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dekpe? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 202,865th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 3,551,436 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Dekpe are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 95 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Dekpe is also the 980,251st most commonly used forename world-wide It is held by 94 people.

Dekpe is most frequent in Togo, where it is held by 945 people, or 1 in 7,670. Without taking into account Togo this last name 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 surname is primarily 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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