Okpeichan Surname
Approximately 498 people bear this surname
Okpeichan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 484 | 1:21,355 | 2,850 |
| Ivory Coast | 13 | 1:1,774,710 | 34,235 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Okpeïchan (46) & Okpeîchan (1) are calculated separately.
Okpeichan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okpeichan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Okpeichan is found most in Benin. It can be rendered as a variant: Okpeïchan or Okpeîchan. Click here for other possible spellings of Okpeichan.
How Common Is The Last Name Okpeichan? popularity and diffusion
The last name Okpeichan is the 617,991st most prevalent last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 14,633,626 people. The surname Okpeichan occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Okpeichan live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most frequently used in Benin, where it is borne by 484 people, or 1 in 21,355. In Benin it is most common in: Plateau Department, where 88 percent reside, Ouémé Department, where 7 percent reside and Littoral Department, where 4 percent reside. Barring Benin Okpeichan is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 3 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okpeïchan | 96 | 46 | / |
| Okpeîchan | 96 | 1 | / |
| Okpeitchan | 95 | 15 | / |
| Okpeyichan | 95 | 5 | / |
| Okpechan | 94 | 3 | / |
| Akpeichan | 89 | 2 | / |
| Okpeytchan | 84 | 1 | / |
| Okpechon | 82 | 2 | / |
| Akpitchan | 78 | 1 | / |
| Okpaikhan | 78 | 1 | / |
| Okpecon | 75 | 9 | / |
| Okpejain | 71 | 1 | / |
| Akpauecan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akpezan | 63 | 1 | / |
| Akpatchahan | 60 | 1 | / |
| Akpejean | 59 | 6 | / |
| Akpacham | 59 | 1 | / |
| Hokpakhon | 56 | 1 | / |
| Akpazan | 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
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- 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 Okpeichan
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