Dekponto Surname
Approximately 33 people bear this surname
Dekponto Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 30 | 1:344,520 | 26,827 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
Dekponto Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dekponto Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dekponto occurs most in Benin. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Dekponto.
How Common Is The Last Name Dekponto? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,432,070th most commonly used last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 220,834,725 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Dekponto are found; 91 percent are found in West Africa and 91 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most commonly held in Benin, where it is held by 30 people, or 1 in 344,520. In Benin Dekponto is most prevalent in: Mono Department, where 47 percent are found, Atlantique Department, where 40 percent are found and Littoral Department, where 7 percent are found. Besides Benin this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in France, where 9 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dokponto | 88 | 1 | / |
| Tokponto | 75 | 265 | / |
| Tekpento | 75 | 1 | / |
| Dak Pinto | 71 | 1 | / |
| Dec Pinto | 71 | 1 | / |
| Dgbonto | 67 | 47 | / |
| Tiekponite | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dakponoude | 67 | 1 | / |
| Deák-Pánti | 67 | 1 | / |
| Deca Pinto | 67 | 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 Dekponto
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