Kpokou Surname
Approximately 883 people bear this surname
Kpokou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 620 | 1:16,670 | 2,251 |
| Ivory Coast | 237 | 1:97,347 | 5,071 |
| Togo | 9 | 1:805,308 | 6,372 |
| France | 7 | 1:9,488,960 | 336,266 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Kpokou (179) may also be a first name.
Kpokou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kpokou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kpokou occurs most in Benin. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of Kpokou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kpokou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 398,612th most frequent family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 8,253,166 people. Kpokou is mostly found in Africa, where 86 percent of Kpokou live; 86 percent live in West Africa and 86 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 681,368th most commonly held first name internationally, borne by 179 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Benin, where it is held by 620 people, or 1 in 16,670. In Benin Kpokou is most numerous in: Mono Department, where 45 percent are found, Borgou Department, where 18 percent are found and Atlantique Department, where 9 percent are found. Besides Benin this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 27 percent are found and Togo, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kpoukou | 92 | 2 | / |
| Kpoko | 91 | 349 | / |
| Kpoku | 91 | 83 | / |
| Kpokouha | 86 | 5 | / |
| Kpoukoue | 86 | 2 | / |
| Kpakou | 83 | 3,531 | / |
| Kpocou | 83 | 4 | / |
| Kpokoe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kpokoo | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kpokue | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kpoeku | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kpokoye | 77 | 23 | / |
| Kpakoue | 77 | 16 | / |
| Kpaakou | 77 | 9 | / |
| Kpokoya | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kpokoyo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kpaukou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kpochko | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kpoka | 73 | 1,515 | / |
| Kpako | 73 | 973 | / |
| Kpaku | 73 | 395 | / |
| Kpuku | 73 | 31 | / |
| Kpeukoue | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kpakoi | 67 | 86 | / |
| Kpakue | 67 | 56 | / |
| Kpokai | 67 | 37 | / |
| Kpakoï | 67 | 22 | / |
| Kpokah | 67 | 16 | / |
| Kpacou | 67 | 8 | / |
| Kpakoy | 67 | 5 | / |
| Kpakos | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kpooka | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kpokie | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kpaaku | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kpakoe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kpakop | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kpakoa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kpakoî | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kpokat | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kpokay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kpokha | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Kpokou
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