Mkpayah Surname

3,323,005th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 35 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Botswana

Mkpayah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Mkpayah Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria341:5,210,081134,475
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250

Mkpayah Last Name Facts

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

Mkpayah is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mkpayah? popularity and diffusion

The surname Mkpayah is the 3,323,005th most widespread last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 208,215,598 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mkpayah are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 34 people, or 1 in 5,210,081. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Delta, where 62 percent live, Lagos, where 21 percent live and Rivers, where 9 percent live. Beside Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Botswana, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mkpaya921/
Mkpaa8317/
Mkpay835/
Mkpajy772/
Mkpayo771/
Mkpaha771/
Mkpejah711/
Mkpae6714/
Mkpea6710/
Mkpai6710/
Mkpau673/
Mkpoa671/
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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 Mkpayah
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