Nkpe Surname
Approximately 762 people bear this surname
Nkpe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 653 | 1:271,275 | 15,445 |
| Cameroon | 72 | 1:288,459 | 27,220 |
| Benin | 27 | 1:382,800 | 28,543 |
| Ivory Coast | 8 | 1:2,883,904 | 43,419 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Nkpe (116) may also be a first name.
Nkpe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nkpe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nkpe occurs most in Nigeria. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkpe? popularity and diffusion
Nkpe is the 447,229th most common family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 9,563,709 people. The surname Nkpe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Nkpe reside; 90 percent reside in West Africa and 90 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 868,627th most widespread first name in the world It is held by 116 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 653 people, or 1 in 271,275. In Nigeria Nkpe is mostly concentrated in: Cross River, where 53 percent are found, Rivers, where 28 percent are found and Lagos, where 3 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 9 percent are found and Benin, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nkpee | 89 | 352 | / |
| N'Kpe | 89 | 270 | / |
| Nkpeh | 89 | 176 | / |
| Nkpei | 89 | 85 | / |
| Nkpea | 89 | 6 | / |
| Nkphe | 89 | 4 | / |
| Nkpie | 89 | 3 | / |
| Nkpeï | 89 | 1 | / |
| Nnkpe | 89 | 1 | / |
| Nkpey | 89 | 1 | / |
| Nkp | 86 | 13 | / |
| N'Kpei | 80 | 354 | / |
| N'Kpeï | 80 | 44 | / |
| Nkpeeh | 80 | 11 | / |
| N'Kpeî | 80 | 9 | / |
| N'Kpee | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nkpehe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nkpa | 75 | 806 | / |
| Nkpi | 75 | 8 | / |
| Nkph | 75 | 2 | / |
| Nhkp | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hnkp | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nkcp | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ncpe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ngpe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nkhpeha | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nkpaa | 67 | 172 | / |
| Nqupe | 67 | 113 | / |
| N'Kpa | 67 | 24 | / |
| Nkpii | 67 | 22 | / |
| Nkpai | 67 | 10 | / |
| Ngpee | 67 | 8 | / |
| N'Kpi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nkpha | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nkpoi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkpio | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkpoy | 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 Nkpe
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