Kpoku Surname
Approximately 83 people bear this surname
Kpoku Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 79 | 1:2,242,313 | 76,227 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
Kpoku (15) may also be a first name.
Kpoku Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kpoku Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kpoku is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kpoku? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kpoku is the 2,061,309th most commonly used last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 87,801,758 people. The last name Kpoku is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kpoku live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kpoku is also the 2,900,335th most frequently occurring first name at a global level It is held by 15 people.
The surname Kpoku is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 79 people, or 1 in 2,242,313. In Nigeria Kpoku is most common in: Bayelsa, where 35 percent are found, Nasarawa, where 28 percent are found and Delta, where 20 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 2 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 1 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 Kpoku
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