Gankpo Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Gankpo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 5 | 1:2,067,120 | 68,069 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
Gankpo (10) may also be a first name.
Gankpo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gankpo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gankpo is found most in Benin. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gankpo? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,723,624th most numerous last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname Gankpo occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gankpo reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gankpo is also the 3,684,242nd most widespread first name world-wide, held by 10 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Benin, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 2,067,120. In Benin Gankpo is most numerous in: Mono Department, where 40 percent reside, Collines Department, where 20 percent reside and Ouémé Department, where 20 percent reside. Excluding Benin this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 38 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ankpo | 91 | 162 | / |
| Gankpa | 83 | 490 | / |
| Gangpo | 83 | 12 | / |
| Ankpuo | 83 | 1 | / |
| Gonkpo | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ngangpo | 77 | 16 | / |
| Ahankpo | 77 | 13 | / |
| Gahnkpa | 77 | 5 | / |
| Gangpou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gankpah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gounkpo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ankpa | 73 | 348 | / |
| Onkpo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Angpo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ngangpou | 71 | 3 | / |
| Ankpah | 67 | 38 | / |
| Gonkpa | 67 | 17 | / |
| Honkpo | 67 | 9 | / |
| Ainkpa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Gangpa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Onkpoa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gongpo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hankpa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ankpas | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eunkpo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Annkpa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hangpo | 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 Gankpo
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