Kposse Surname
Approximately 599 people bear this surname
Kposse Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 582 | 1:17,759 | 2,396 |
| Ivory Coast | 13 | 1:1,774,710 | 34,235 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
Kposse Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kposse Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kposse is most common in Benin. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kposse? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 537,454th most widespread last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 12,166,187 people. The surname Kposse occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kposse are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Kposse is most commonly occurring in Benin, where it is carried by 582 people, or 1 in 17,759. In Benin it is most common in: Zou Department, where 44 percent are found, Atlantique Department, where 32 percent are found and Kouffo Department, where 7 percent are found. Aside from Benin this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 2 percent are found and Nigeria, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kposseu | 92 | 9 | / |
| Kpousse | 92 | 1 | / |
| Kposset | 92 | 1 | / |
| Kpoisse | 92 | 1 | / |
| Kpose | 91 | 26 | / |
| Kphousse | 86 | 3 | / |
| Kpesse | 83 | 1,514 | / |
| Kpossa | 83 | 883 | / |
| Kpossi | 83 | 464 | / |
| Kpasse | 83 | 258 | / |
| Kposer | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kposeh | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kpos | 80 | 3 | / |
| Kpesseh | 77 | 29 | / |
| Kpeusse | 77 | 21 | / |
| Kpossoi | 77 | 20 | / |
| Kpessey | 77 | 4 | / |
| Kpesseu | 77 | 3 | / |
| Kpossai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kpouseh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kpasseh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kpossoy | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kpoossi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kposssi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kpese | 73 | 184 | / |
| Kpase | 73 | 53 | / |
| Kposi | 73 | 32 | / |
| Kposa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Khpos | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kpoxs | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kpoce | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kpous | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kpass | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kpeusseu | 71 | 156 | / |
| Kpoussaa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kpassi | 67 | 1,650 | / |
| Kpassa | 67 | 854 | / |
| Kpeese | 67 | 142 | / |
| Kpessi | 67 | 131 | / |
| Kpozeh | 67 | 102 | / |
| Kpeseh | 67 | 58 | / |
| Kpeshe | 67 | 24 | / |
| Kpasee | 67 | 20 | / |
| Kpaseh | 67 | 13 | / |
| Kpasie | 67 | 11 | / |
| Kpesee | 67 | 6 | / |
| Kpashe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kpotsi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kphosa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kpesey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kpasei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kpassy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kpasey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kpôssa | 67 | 1 | / |
| K'Posh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khpase | 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
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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 Kposse
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