Mekpoe Surname
Approximately 60 people bear this surname
Mekpoe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 59 | 1:175,180 | 17,306 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
Mekpoe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mekpoe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mekpoe is held by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mekpoe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mekpoe is the 2,483,783rd most frequently occurring family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 121,459,099 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mekpoe are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most frequently used in Benin, where it is held by 59 people, or 1 in 175,180. In Benin Mekpoe is primarily concentrated in: Zou Department, where 37 percent are found, Mono Department, where 29 percent are found and Littoral Department, where 22 percent are found. Without taking into account Benin this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Gabon, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mekpoi | 83 | 8 | / |
| Mekpaye | 77 | 9 | / |
| Mekpoya | 77 | 1 | / |
| Maïkpoe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mekpu | 73 | 5 | / |
| Magpoe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Makpae | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mekpuy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mekphu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mokpae | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mikpohoue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mikpei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Makphae | 62 | 44 | / |
| Mekphui | 62 | 2 | / |
| Makpooi | 62 | 1 | / |
| Moikpou | 62 | 1 | / |
| Mekpayap | 57 | 62 | / |
| Mekpayup | 57 | 1 | / |
| Mekphayap | 53 | 24 | / |
| Mikpai | 50 | 80 | / |
| Megput | 50 | 1 | / |
| Mekphahyap | 50 | 1 | / |
| Mikpaî | 50 | 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 Mekpoe
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