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 surname Kinkpe is held by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant: Kinkpé. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kinkpe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 302,077th most numerous last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 5,797,570 people. The surname is mostly found 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. It is also the 1,430,306th most prevalent first name in the world It is held by 49 people.
It is most commonly used in Benin, where it is held by 1,243 people, or 1 in 8,315. In Benin Kinkpe is primarily found in: Zou Department, where 56 percent are found, Mono Department, where 15 percent are found and Littoral Department, where 10 percent are found. Apart from Benin this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Senegal, where 1 percent are found and Burkina Faso, where 0 percent are found.
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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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