Opepe Surname

1,391,595th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 157 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Gabon

Opepe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Opepe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria681:2,605,04184,856
DR Congo551:1,343,26579,223
Papua New Guinea161:509,60763,542
Congo91:554,34412,633
Gabon41:472,2983,618
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Opepe (60) may also be a first name.

Opepe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Opepe occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Opepe? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,391,595th most commonly held surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 46,417,490 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Opepe live; 43 percent live in Central Africa and 43 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,270,172nd most commonly used given name at a global level, held by 60 people.

The surname Opepe is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 68 people, or 1 in 2,605,041. In Nigeria Opepe is mostly found in: Edo, where 46 percent are found, Osun, where 21 percent are found and Rivers, where 12 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria it occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 35 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 10 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oupepe9130/
Opiepe9128/
Opepet911/
Opep891/
Opiepie83170/
Apepe80643/
Gopep80593/
Epepe80190/
Opape8030/
Opeev8022/
Opepa807/
Opipe802/
Hapepe734/
Apepeh731/
Epaepe731/
Opipei731/
Apeape731/
Opiper731/
Gopepp731/
Opoppe731/
Hospepper711/
Apep6724/
Apeapea6719/
Opip6712/
Opev673/
Apeppie671/
Opeb671/

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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 Opepe
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