Onyekpe Surname

530,954th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 609 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Onyekpe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Onyekpe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria5981:296,22516,594
England91:6,190,895170,599
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Onyekpe (11) may also be a first name.

Onyekpe Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Onyekpe Come From? nationality or country of origin

Onyekpe occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Onyekpe? popularity and diffusion

It is the 530,954th most widely held surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 11,966,414 people. The last name Onyekpe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Onyekpe live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most frequently used first name throughout the world, held by 11 people.

The surname Onyekpe is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 598 people, or 1 in 296,225. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Delta, where 53 percent reside, Edo, where 15 percent reside and Lagos, where 14 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria Onyekpe occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent reside and South Africa, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oniyekpe933/
Oinyekpe931/
Onyekpa86153/
Oniekpe86101/
Onyikpe861/
Onaikpe7110/
Anyekpa714/
Onoukpe712/
Aniekpe711/
Anyikpe711/
Oniekpa711/
Honoukpe672/
Anajekpe671/
Hounoukpe6322/
Gounoukpe6310/
Hounnoukpe59187/
Gounhoukpe591/
Hounyiakpa591/
Houhnoukpe591/
Anaikpe574/
Aniikpe571/
Anyikpa571/
Onaikpoa531/
Onojakpoi503/

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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 Onyekpe
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