Mekpe Surname
Approximately 307 people bear this surname
Mekpe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 204 | 1:50,665 | 6,381 |
| Nigeria | 62 | 1:2,857,141 | 90,271 |
| Papua New Guinea | 26 | 1:313,604 | 42,091 |
| Cameroon | 15 | 1:1,384,605 | 80,726 |
Mekpe (28) may also be a first name.
Mekpe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mekpe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mekpe is most common in Benin. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mekpe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mekpe is the 878,878th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 23,737,935 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Mekpe reside; 87 percent reside in West Africa and 87 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Mekpe is also the 1,994,417th most prevalent first name throughout the world, borne by 28 people.
It is most commonly held in Benin, where it is held by 204 people, or 1 in 50,665. In Benin it is most frequent in: Zou Department, where 73 percent are found, Littoral Department, where 13 percent are found and Atlantique Department, where 8 percent are found. Without taking into account Benin this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 20 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mekperr | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mokpe | 80 | 219 | / |
| Makpe | 80 | 161 | / |
| Mikpe | 80 | 105 | / |
| Mekpa | 80 | 57 | / |
| Mekpi | 80 | 35 | / |
| Mokpei | 73 | 205 | / |
| Mokpey | 73 | 28 | / |
| Mekpha | 73 | 11 | / |
| Makpeh | 73 | 10 | / |
| Maikpe | 73 | 9 | / |
| Mekpoi | 73 | 8 | / |
| Meikep | 73 | 3 | / |
| Maakpe | 73 | 2 | / |
| Makpee | 73 | 1 | / |
| Makpeu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Makpea | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mackpe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Makpey | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mikpei | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mekpuy | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hehemekpe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Maikepe | 67 | 20 | / |
| Mahkpeh | 67 | 12 | / |
| Mekpowa | 67 | 8 | / |
| Makphie | 67 | 5 | / |
| Maikper | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mekphui | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mjkp | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mecp | 67 | 1 | / |
| Meikepi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mikp | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mekv | 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 Mekpe
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