Nankpan Surname
Approximately 105 people bear this surname
Nankpan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 90 | 1:114,840 | 12,756 |
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Nankpan (223) may also be a first name.
Nankpan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nankpan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nankpan is more frequently found in Benin than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nankpan? popularity and diffusion
Nankpan is the 1,795,579th most frequently used family name globally It is held by around 1 in 69,405,199 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nankpan are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 603,623rd most frequent first name globally, borne by 223 people.
The surname Nankpan is most commonly occurring in Benin, where it is carried by 90 people, or 1 in 114,840. In Benin it is most common in: Collines Department, where 73 percent live, Zou Department, where 17 percent live and Littoral Department, where 7 percent live. Outside of Benin this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 13 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gnankpan | 93 | 1 | / |
| Naungkpan | 88 | 1 | / |
| Nankpon | 86 | 63 | / |
| Nangpan | 86 | 3 | / |
| Nangpang | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nangpeang | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nonkpon | 71 | 2 | / |
| Nongpan | 71 | 2 | / |
| Nonkpam | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nachingpan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Namkpon | 71 | 1 | / |
| Namgpan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ngongpan | 67 | 51 | / |
| Nangphon | 67 | 4 | / |
| Nongpon | 57 | 1 | / |
| Nongpong | 53 | 100 | / |
| Nangpoum | 53 | 53 | / |
| Nongphon | 53 | 24 | / |
| Ngongpon | 53 | 1 | / |
| Nongphong | 50 | 996 | / |
| Hnongpong | 50 | 11 | / |
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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 Nankpan
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