Kinkpe Surname
Approximately 1,257 people bear this surname
Kinkpe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 1,243 | 1:8,315 | 1,146 |
| Senegal | 8 | 1:1,822,418 | 4,361 |
| Burkina Faso | 3 | 1:6,117,367 | 22,156 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
The alternate forms: Kinkpé (2) are calculated separately.
Kinkpe (49) may also be a first name.
Kinkpe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kinkpe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kinkpe is borne by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as: Kinkpé. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kinkpe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kinkpe is the 302,077th most commonly held last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 5,797,570 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kinkpe are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kinkpe is also the 1,430,306th most numerous first name in the world, held by 49 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Benin, where it is borne by 1,243 people, or 1 in 8,315. In Benin it is primarily found in: Zou Department, where 56 percent reside, Mono Department, where 15 percent reside and Littoral Department, where 10 percent reside. Outside of Benin Kinkpe occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Senegal, where 1 percent reside and Burkina Faso, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Kinkpe
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