Kankpe Surname

391,801st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 903 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Togo
Highest density in:
Togo

Kankpe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kankpe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Togo7351:9,8612,446
Benin1341:77,1319,191
Burkina Faso261:705,8508,321
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679

Kankpe (102) may also be a first name.

Kankpe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kankpe occurs more in Togo more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kankpe? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kankpe is the 391,801st most widely held last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,070,372 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kankpe reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 935,178th most widespread given name world-wide, held by 102 people.

It is most commonly used in Togo, where it is borne by 735 people, or 1 in 9,861. Outside of Togo this surname exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 15 percent live and Burkina Faso, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kaankpe929/
Kangpe83167/
Kankpa8340/
Konkpe836/
Khankpech801/
Khankpa7713/
Keangpe772/
Kankpai771/
Kounkpe771/
Konkper771/
Khankpai711/
Kangpi675/
Kongpe673/
Konkpa672/
Kangpa671/
Khangpech671/

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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 Kankpe
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