Monkpa Surname
Approximately 326 people bear this surname
Monkpa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 253 | 1:40,852 | 5,255 |
| Cameroon | 65 | 1:319,524 | 29,358 |
| Liberia | 7 | 1:629,791 | 27,063 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Monkpa (62) may also be a first name.
Monkpa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Monkpa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Monkpa occurs in Benin more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Monkpa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 842,714th most widespread surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 22,354,435 people. The surname Monkpa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Monkpa reside; 90 percent reside in West Africa and 78 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,246,114th most common first name at a global level. It is borne by 62 people.
The surname Monkpa is most widespread in Benin, where it is held by 253 people, or 1 in 40,852. In Benin it is most common in: Borgou Department, where 54 percent live, Collines Department, where 46 percent live and Donga Department, where 0 percent live. Aside from Benin this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 20 percent live and Liberia, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounkpa | 92 | 148 | / |
| Monkpah | 92 | 2 | / |
| Monkpas | 92 | 1 | / |
| Moun'kpa | 86 | 2 | / |
| Monkpe | 83 | 232 | / |
| Mankpa | 83 | 33 | / |
| Monkpo | 83 | 30 | / |
| Mongpa | 83 | 17 | / |
| Momkpa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mongpha | 77 | 84 | / |
| Moumkpa | 77 | 8 | / |
| Monkpeï | 77 | 6 | / |
| Mankpah | 77 | 6 | / |
| Monkpei | 77 | 5 | / |
| Moongpa | 77 | 4 | / |
| Monkper | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mongpat | 77 | 1 | / |
| Monkpoh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Momkpah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Moinkpo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Moinkpi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Monkpeî | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mounkpou | 71 | 27 | / |
| Moungpai | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mongpaht | 71 | 1 | / |
| Moungpat | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mongpeah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Maunkpah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mungpa | 67 | 107 | / |
| Mankpe | 67 | 25 | / |
| Mangpa | 67 | 21 | / |
| Mankpi | 67 | 12 | / |
| Mamkpa | 67 | 7 | / |
| Mongpo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mankpo | 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 Monkpa
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