Lekpe Surname
Approximately 226 people bear this surname
Lekpe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 124 | 1:186,058 | 8,172 |
| Nigeria | 51 | 1:3,473,387 | 102,969 |
| Benin | 50 | 1:206,712 | 19,428 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Lekpe (27) may also be a first name.
Lekpe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lekpe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lekpe is found most in The Ivory Coast. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lekpe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Lekpe is the 1,088,856th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 32,245,778 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 85 percent of Lekpe reside; 85 percent reside in West Africa and 53 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,036,353rd most widely held first name at a global level, held by 27 people.
The surname Lekpe is most frequently used in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 124 people, or 1 in 186,058. In The Ivory Coast Lekpe is mostly concentrated in: Montagnes District, where 48 percent reside, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 26 percent reside and Sassandra-Marahoué District, where 12 percent reside. Excluding The Ivory Coast Lekpe exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 23 percent reside and Benin, where 22 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hlekpe | 91 | 794 | / |
| Lekpea | 91 | 558 | / |
| Lekpet | 91 | 59 | / |
| Lekpei | 91 | 52 | / |
| Lekpeh | 91 | 41 | / |
| Lekphe | 91 | 16 | / |
| Lekpey | 91 | 6 | / |
| Lekphet | 83 | 629 | / |
| Leakpei | 83 | 55 | / |
| Lekpech | 83 | 21 | / |
| Leakpeh | 83 | 10 | / |
| Leikpei | 83 | 6 | / |
| Leakpee | 83 | 6 | / |
| Lehkpeh | 83 | 4 | / |
| Lekphed | 83 | 4 | / |
| Lekpeth | 83 | 2 | / |
| Lekpeah | 83 | 2 | / |
| Lekpeat | 83 | 1 | / |
| Lekpesh | 83 | 1 | / |
| Leakper | 83 | 1 | / |
| Loekpeh | 83 | 1 | / |
| Lehkpei | 83 | 1 | / |
| Lekppet | 83 | 1 | / |
| Leckpet | 83 | 1 | / |
| Lekpa | 80 | 822 | / |
| Lakpe | 80 | 212 | / |
| Lokpe | 80 | 168 | / |
| Likpe | 80 | 62 | / |
| Lykpe | 80 | 2 | / |
| Lekpetch | 77 | 57 | / |
| Lekpheat | 77 | 1 | / |
| Leakphet | 77 | 1 | / |
| Lekpai | 73 | 856 | / |
| Leikep | 73 | 72 | / |
| Likpeu | 73 | 49 | / |
| Leikeb | 73 | 33 | / |
| Likpei | 73 | 28 | / |
| Leakpa | 73 | 24 | / |
| Leckpa | 73 | 14 | / |
| Lekpha | 73 | 13 | / |
| Lekpoa | 73 | 6 | / |
| Laakpe | 73 | 4 | / |
| Luikpe | 73 | 3 | / |
| Lokpea | 73 | 3 | / |
| Lokpeh | 73 | 2 | / |
| Lakpeh | 73 | 2 | / |
| Likpie | 73 | 1 | / |
| Legpet | 73 | 1 | / |
| Likpey | 73 | 1 | / |
| Likpea | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hlekpa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lakpee | 73 | 1 | / |
| Liakpe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lekpay | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lecper | 73 | 0 | / |
| Leakpetch | 71 | 4 | / |
| Lekphetch | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lhekpetch | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lekphecht | 71 | 1 | / |
| Leekpai | 67 | 178 | / |
| Lekpaia | 67 | 35 | / |
| Lykp | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ljkp | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lekpaih | 67 | 1 | / |
| Laakpee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Likpeha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Likp | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leakpai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lekv | 67 | 1 | / |
| Liakpei | 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 Lekpe
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