Gnekpe Surname

1,343,156th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 166 people bear this surname

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

Gnekpe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Gnekpe Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ivory Coast1641:140,6786,676
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Gnekpe (61) may also be a first name.

Gnekpe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Gnekpe is more frequently found in The Ivory Coast than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gnekpe? popularity and diffusion

Gnekpe is the 1,343,156th most frequently used last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 43,900,879 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 84 percent of Gnekpe reside; 84 percent reside in West Africa and 84 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,257,960th most commonly held forename throughout the world, held by 61 people.

This surname is most commonly occurring in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 164 people, or 1 in 140,678. In The Ivory Coast Gnekpe is primarily found in: Gôh-Djiboua District, where 83 percent live, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 15 percent live and Bas-Sassandra District, where 1 percent live. Excluding The Ivory Coast this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 1 percent live and Canada, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gnekpie92427/
Gnekpei9215/
Gnekpihe861/
Gnekpa83228/
Gnakpe83123/
Gnikpe832/
Gnahkpe771/
Gnakpea771/
Gnakpie771/
Gnikpa6710/
Gnikpio621/
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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 Gnekpe
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