Kpende Surname

1,118,459th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 217 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Benin

Kpende Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kpende Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo1711:432,04435,878
Benin271:382,80028,543
Ivory Coast161:1,441,95230,506
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Kpende (34) may also be a first name.

Kpende Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kpende is more frequently found in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kpende? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,118,459th most common surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 33,583,161 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kpende are found; 79 percent are found in Central Africa and 79 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Kpende is also the 1,775,424th most widely held given name worldwide It is held by 34 people.

The last name is most widely held in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 171 people, or 1 in 432,044. Barring The DR Congo this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 12 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 7 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kpendje9213/
Kpendeh922/
Kpen'de921/
Kpendes921/
Kpinde83135/
Kpenda8322/
Kpendj832/
Kpndeh831/
Kpendi831/
Kpindje771/
Kpindi67391/
Kpinda6736/
Kpindy6716/
Kpindii621/
Kpindio621/
Kpimdi501/

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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 Kpende
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