Onyekpe Surname
Approximately 609 people bear this surname
Onyekpe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 598 | 1:296,225 | 16,594 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
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
The last name Onyekpe is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Onyekpe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 530,954th most commonly used family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 11,966,414 people. The surname Onyekpe occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Onyekpe reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Onyekpe is also the 3,487,849th most frequently held first name globally It is held by 11 people.
Onyekpe is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 598 people, or 1 in 296,225. In Nigeria Onyekpe is mostly found in: Delta, where 53 percent reside, Edo, where 15 percent reside and Lagos, where 14 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent reside and South Africa, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oniyekpe | 93 | 3 | / |
| Oinyekpe | 93 | 1 | / |
| Onyekpa | 86 | 153 | / |
| Oniekpe | 86 | 101 | / |
| Onyikpe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Onaikpe | 71 | 10 | / |
| Anyekpa | 71 | 4 | / |
| Onoukpe | 71 | 2 | / |
| Aniekpe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Anyikpe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Oniekpa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Honoukpe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Anajekpe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hounoukpe | 63 | 22 | / |
| Gounoukpe | 63 | 10 | / |
| Hounnoukpe | 59 | 187 | / |
| Gounhoukpe | 59 | 1 | / |
| Hounyiakpa | 59 | 1 | / |
| Houhnoukpe | 59 | 1 | / |
| Anaikpe | 57 | 4 | / |
| Aniikpe | 57 | 1 | / |
| Anyikpa | 57 | 1 | / |
| Onaikpoa | 53 | 1 | / |
| Onojakpoi | 50 | 3 | / |
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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 Onyekpe
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