Mekpo Surname
Approximately 687 people bear this surname
Mekpo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 684 | 1:15,111 | 2,049 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Mekpo (17) may also be a first name.
Mekpo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mekpo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mekpo is found most frequently in Benin. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Mekpo.
How Common Is The Last Name Mekpo? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 484,164th most numerous family name internationally, held by around 1 in 10,607,782 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mekpo live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Mekpo is also the 2,694,839th most frequently held first name worldwide, borne by 17 people.
The last name is most frequent in Benin, where it is borne by 684 people, or 1 in 15,111. In Benin it is mostly found in: Kouffo Department, where 66 percent reside, Mono Department, where 9 percent reside and Zou Department, where 7 percent reside. Outside of Benin this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 0 percent reside and Nigeria, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miekpo | 91 | 115 | / |
| Mekpoh | 91 | 48 | / |
| Mekpho | 91 | 8 | / |
| Mekpoi | 91 | 8 | / |
| Meakpo | 91 | 1 | / |
| Mekphot | 83 | 461 | / |
| Makpo | 80 | 180 | / |
| Mokpo | 80 | 173 | / |
| Mekpa | 80 | 57 | / |
| Mikpo | 80 | 21 | / |
| Mekpat | 73 | 103 | / |
| Makpho | 73 | 21 | / |
| Mekpha | 73 | 11 | / |
| Makpoh | 73 | 5 | / |
| Mokpuo | 73 | 3 | / |
| Mekpah | 73 | 2 | / |
| Maikpo | 73 | 2 | / |
| Makpou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mokpho | 73 | 1 | / |
| Maikepo | 67 | 39 | / |
| Measkpa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Makphoo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Moikpou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Makpouh | 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 Mekpo
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