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.

DNA test information

Kankpe 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
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 in Togo more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kankpe? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 391,801st most numerous family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,070,372 people. This last name occurs predominantly 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 commonly used first name on earth, held by 102 people.

The surname Kankpe is most frequently used in Togo, where it is carried by 735 people, or 1 in 9,861. Outside of Togo Kankpe exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 15 percent live and Burkina Faso, where 3 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
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
  • 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 Kankpe
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