Dekpemou Surname
Approximately 211 people bear this surname
Dekpemou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 202 | 1:51,166 | 6,445 |
| Ivory Coast | 8 | 1:2,883,904 | 43,419 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Dekpemou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dekpemou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dekpemou occurs more in Benin more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dekpemou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,140,742nd most numerous last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 34,538,132 people. The surname Dekpemou is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Dekpemou are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Dekpemou is most frequently held in Benin, where it is borne by 202 people, or 1 in 51,166. In Benin it is mostly found in: Plateau Department, where 80 percent are found, Atlantique Department, where 13 percent are found and Littoral Department, where 3 percent are found. Outside of Benin this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 4 percent are found and Nigeria, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Dekpemou
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