Kpenou Surname

256,490th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,537 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Togo
Highest density in:
Togo

Kpenou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kpenou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Togo1,0501:6,9031,501
Benin3671:28,1623,726
France691:962,648108,938
New Caledonia211:13,1533,514
Nigeria101:17,714,276277,641
Ivory Coast81:2,883,90443,419
England51:11,143,612252,590
Guinea21:5,916,9082,656
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

The alternate forms: Kpénou (1) are calculated separately.

Kpenou (279) may also be a first name.

Kpenou Last Name Facts

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

Kpenou is found most in Togo. It may also occur as: Kpénou. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kpenou? popularity and diffusion

Kpenou is the 256,490th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 4,741,409 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Kpenou live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kpenou is also the 531,524th most commonly used first name worldwide. It is borne by 279 people.

The last name Kpenou is most widely held in Togo, where it is held by 1,050 people, or 1 in 6,903. Barring Togo it exists in 12 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 24 percent are found and France, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kpénou941/
Kpengou922/
Kpenu91843/
Kpeno912/
Kpenhoue862/
Kpeenu8360/
Kpengo8355/
Kpengu831/
Kpingou7712/
Kpemhou771/
Kpena7327/
Kpino731/
Kpainhou711/
Kpenga67152/
Kpenye6727/
Kpeena6726/
Kpenee6718/
Kpingo6713/
Kpeana674/
Kpenai671/
Kpenah671/
Kpenie671/
Kpehna671/

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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 Kpenou
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