Kpeya Surname

391,801st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 903 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ivory Coast
Highest density in:
Togo

Kpeya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kpeya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ivory Coast4491:51,3843,133
Togo4201:17,2575,159
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Cameroon121:1,730,75692,157
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Kpeya (54) may also be a first name.

Kpeya Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kpeya is found in The Ivory Coast more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kpeya? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kpeya is the 391,801st most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 8,070,372 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Kpeya are found; 89 percent are found in West Africa and 89 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kpeya is also the 1,350,955th most prevalent given name worldwide, held by 54 people.

The surname Kpeya is most commonly held in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 449 people, or 1 in 51,384. In The Ivory Coast it is primarily found in: Montagnes District, where 76 percent are found, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 14 percent are found and Comoé District, where 8 percent are found. Outside of The Ivory Coast this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Togo, where 47 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kpeyah914/
Kpehya911/
Kpea891,876/
Kpey899/
Kpeye80497/
Kpeah80368/
Kpaya80345/
Kpeyi80228/
Kpeha8088/
Kpoya8079/
Kpeia8069/
Kpuya8027/
Kpeyu8022/
Kpehy802/
Kpeea801/
Kpeyo801/
Kpiya801/
Kpehia73237/
Kpeyou73180/
Kpayah73147/
Kpeiha737/
Kpgoya733/
Kpehye732/
Kpoyah732/
Kpaaya731/
Kpeeah731/
Kpuyaa731/
Kpeeyi731/
Kpeyoh731/
Kpehea731/
Kpeyeh731/
Kpieah731/
Kpeiah731/
Kpeyie731/
Kpai671,741/
Kpee67918/
Kpeu67603/
Kpae67513/
Kpaa67194/
Kpei67193/
Kpue67170/
Kpoe67106/
Kpie6775/
Kpau6739/
Kpoa6733/
Kpay6721/
Kpehyee675/
Kpeyouh671/
Kpaî671/
Cpey671/
Kpaj671/
Gpey671/

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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 Kpeya
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