Dokpoe Surname

4,034,050th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Dokpoe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dokpoe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin191:543,97934,804
Liberia21:2,204,26840,131
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Dokpoe Last Name Facts

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

Dokpoe is found most in Benin. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Dokpoe? popularity and diffusion

The surname Dokpoe is the 4,034,050th most frequently held surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Dokpoe live; 92 percent live in West Africa and 83 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name is most prevalent in Benin, where it is carried by 19 people, or 1 in 543,979. In Benin it is mostly found in: Kouffo Department, where 47 percent are found, Mono Department, where 37 percent are found and Littoral Department, where 11 percent are found. Excluding Benin this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 8 percent are found and Ghana, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dokpoue928/
Dakpoe83283/
Dukpoe836/
Dokpou831/
Dokpeah771/
Dokput67183/
Dakpou6711/
Dokpay676/
Dakpee676/
Dokpud674/
Dockpu671/
Dakpey671/
Dakpoo671/
Doukpoyowa631/
Daakpee6213/
Dakpoji629/
Dokphai626/
Dakpoui623/
Dakpayo621/
Dekpohi621/
Dakpu553/
Dakpui505/
Dakput502/
Dakpay501/
Dakpai501/

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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
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  • 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 Dokpoe
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