Epekou Surname

2,020,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 86 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ivory Coast
Highest density in:
Ivory Coast

Epekou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Epekou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ivory Coast841:274,65810,624
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Epekou (35) may also be a first name.

Epekou Last Name Facts

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

Epekou is found in The Ivory Coast more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Epekou? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,020,555th most prevalent family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 84,738,906 people. The surname Epekou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 63 percent of Epekou are found; 62 percent are found in West Africa and 62 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Epekou is also the 1,744,716th most prevalent first name world-wide. It is borne by 35 people.

This last name is most frequently held in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 84 people, or 1 in 274,658. In The Ivory Coast Epekou is most frequent in: Lagunes District, where 58 percent are found, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 38 percent are found and Bas-Sassandra District, where 2 percent are found. Without taking into account The Ivory Coast this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 1 percent are found and Cameroon, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Epeko91335/
Epeku9122/
Ipekou8371/
Epekoa8334/
Epeuku831/
Epecou831/
Epekuy831/
Epekowe7762/
Hepetko771/
Epiko73825/
Epecu73300/
Epiku73279/
Epeka73144/
Ipeko7377/
Ipeku7332/
Epeco736/
Aiyepeku71280/
Epekie6734/
Epescu672/
Ipikou671/
Hepiko671/
Especo671/
Espeka671/

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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 Epekou
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