Kpoviessi Surname

146,496th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,026 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Kpoviessi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kpoviessi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin3,0161:3,427422
Nigeria71:25,306,108327,793
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Iceland11:380,09011,096

Kpoviessi (78) may also be a first name.

Kpoviessi Last Name Facts

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

Kpoviessi occurs most in Benin. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kpoviessi? popularity and diffusion

Kpoviessi is the 146,496th most frequent surname in the world, held by around 1 in 2,408,310 people. The last name Kpoviessi occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kpoviessi reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kpoviessi is also the 1,091,646th most common given name on earth It is held by 78 people.

Kpoviessi is most frequent in Benin, where it is borne by 3,016 people, or 1 in 3,427. In Benin it is mostly concentrated in: Ouémé Department, where 79 percent are found, Plateau Department, where 12 percent are found and Littoral Department, where 5 percent are found. Other than Benin this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 0 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kpovihessi958/
Kpoviesssi952/
Kpovieessi951/
Kpoviyessi951/
Kpovissi9464/
Kpovessi9412/
Kpoviesi9410/
Kpovoessi89122/
Kpoviessy8923/
Kpowessi8229/
Kpovoesi821/
Kpovice751/
Kpohouessi745/
Kpovichi716/
Kpavese631/

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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 Kpoviessi
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