Dekpemou Surname

1,140,742nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 211 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Dekpemou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Dekpemou Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin2021:51,1666,445
Ivory Coast81:2,883,90443,419
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Dekpemou Last Name Facts

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

Dekpemou is held by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Dekpemou.

How Common Is The Last Name Dekpemou? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,140,742nd most common family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 34,538,132 people. The surname Dekpemou is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Dekpemou live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Benin, where it is borne by 202 people, or 1 in 51,166. In Benin Dekpemou is mostly concentrated in: Plateau Department, where 80 percent reside, Atlantique Department, where 13 percent reside and Littoral Department, where 3 percent reside. Barring Benin this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 4 percent reside and Nigeria, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dokpemou88381/
Dekpemi8014/
Dekpeme803/
Dakpamou751/
Dekapamo751/
Tekpeme6729/
Dokpema6710/
Dikpomo676/
Dokpeme673/
Degbemu671/
Dekboum671/
Dakpemah636/
Dohkpema631/
Dakpama532/
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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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