Gankpe Surname
Approximately 552 people bear this surname
Gankpe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 546 | 1:18,930 | 2,532 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
The alternate forms: Gankpé (5) are calculated separately.
Gankpe (22) may also be a first name.
Gankpe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gankpe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gankpe occurs more in Benin more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Gankpé. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gankpe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 571,325th most commonly used last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 13,202,076 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gankpe reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,301,746th most widely held first name at a global level It is held by 22 people.
This surname is most common in Benin, where it is held by 546 people, or 1 in 18,930. In Benin it is primarily concentrated in: Ouémé Department, where 33 percent live, Zou Department, where 27 percent live and Atlantique Department, where 24 percent live. Other than Benin Gankpe occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 1 percent live and Cameroon, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gankpé | 94 | 5 | / |
| Ankpe | 91 | 173 | / |
| Gankpa | 83 | 490 | / |
| Hankpe | 83 | 176 | / |
| Ankpee | 83 | 7 | / |
| Ankper | 83 | 4 | / |
| Aunkpe | 83 | 2 | / |
| Ankpei | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ainkpe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Gangpe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Gonkpe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Gankpi | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ankpea | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ankpeh | 83 | 1 | / |
| Gounkpe | 77 | 7 | / |
| Gahnkpa | 77 | 5 | / |
| Haankpe | 77 | 4 | / |
| Haunkpe | 77 | 2 | / |
| Ainkphe | 77 | 2 | / |
| Ankpa | 73 | 348 | / |
| Onkpe | 73 | 51 | / |
| Ankpi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Angpe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gonkpa | 67 | 17 | / |
| Ankpio | 67 | 9 | / |
| Honkpe | 67 | 9 | / |
| Ankpai | 67 | 6 | / |
| Ainkpa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Goutinkpe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Gangpa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ounkpe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Omnkpe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hankpa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Onkpie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gongpe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hankpé | 67 | 1 | / |
| Annkpa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eangpe | 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
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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 Gankpe
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