Okpekon Surname
Approximately 515 people bear this surname
Okpekon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 511 | 1:45,149 | 2,865 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
Okpekon (147) may also be a first name.
Okpekon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okpekon Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Okpekon is more frequently found in The Ivory Coast than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okpekon? popularity and diffusion
Okpekon is the 602,749th most widely held surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 14,150,575 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 77 percent of Okpekon live; 77 percent live in West Africa and 77 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 760,591st most widely held first name throughout the world, held by 147 people.
It is most common in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 511 people, or 1 in 45,149. In The Ivory Coast Okpekon is mostly found in: Lagunes District, where 74 percent reside, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 21 percent reside and Yamoussoukro Autonomous District, where 2 percent reside. Aside from The Ivory Coast this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ekpekon | 86 | 82 | / |
| Okpokon | 86 | 15 | / |
| Okpekun | 86 | 11 | / |
| Okpecon | 86 | 9 | / |
| Okpakon | 86 | 2 | / |
| Akpekon | 86 | 2 | / |
| Akpeakon | 80 | 3 | / |
| Akpaekon | 80 | 1 | / |
| Akpeekon | 80 | 1 | / |
| Hookpekan | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hokpakhon | 75 | 1 | / |
| Okpokan | 71 | 72 | / |
| Egpekon | 71 | 24 | / |
| Ekpecon | 71 | 3 | / |
| Okpakan | 71 | 2 | / |
| Akpakon | 71 | 2 | / |
| Agpekon | 71 | 1 | / |
| Akpekaan | 67 | 13 | / |
| Akpekang | 67 | 6 | / |
| Ukpeikan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okpaikhan | 63 | 1 | / |
| Akpakan | 57 | 111 | / |
| Akpekeum | 53 | 1 | / |
| Akpacoun | 53 | 1 | / |
| Akpaakan | 53 | 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 Okpekon
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