Kangpe Surname

1,338,236th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 167 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Kangpe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kangpe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1661:1,067,12544,499
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Kangpe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kangpe is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kangpe? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,338,236th most frequently occurring surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 43,637,999 people. The last name Kangpe is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kangpe reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 166 people, or 1 in 1,067,125. In Nigeria Kangpe is mostly found in: Plateau, where 88 percent are found, Adamawa, where 7 percent are found and Benue, where 2 percent are found. Barring Nigeria it exists in one country. It is also found in Cameroon, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Keangpe922/
Kankpe83903/
Kangpi835/
Kongpe833/
Kangpa831/
Khangpech801/
Kongpet77497/
Kongphe7723/
Kaankpe779/
Kongpee775/
Keangpa771/
Kongpes771/
Kongped771/
Kheangphet751/
Kongp738/
Khongpet71134/
Kongpech71100/
Kongphey717/
Kongpeht713/
Kongpett712/
Kongphed711/
Khongphe711/
Kongpa67390/
Kongpetch67306/
Kankpa6740/
Khongpeth6732/
Khongpech6717/
Kongpi6716/
Khongp677/
Konkpe676/
Kongphech675/
Kongpeach672/
Kongph672/
Kongphett671/
Kongphetp671/
Khankpech671/

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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 Kangpe
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