Sokpe Surname
Approximately 1,458 people bear this surname
Sokpe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 545 | 1:18,964 | 2,537 |
| Togo | 420 | 1:17,257 | 5,159 |
| Ghana | 416 | 1:64,954 | 6,785 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| Nigeria | 13 | 1:13,626,366 | 237,812 |
| Ivory Coast | 9 | 1:2,563,470 | 41,100 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
The alternate forms: Sokpé (9) are calculated separately.
Sokpe (38) may also be a first name.
Sokpe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sokpe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sokpe occurs in Benin more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as: Sokpé. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sokpe? popularity and diffusion
Sokpe is the 267,807th most widely held surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 4,998,317 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sokpe are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sokpe is also the 1,662,754th most commonly held first name globally It is held by 38 people.
Sokpe is most commonly occurring in Benin, where it is borne by 545 people, or 1 in 18,964. In Benin Sokpe is mostly concentrated in: Kouffo Department, where 66 percent live, Zou Department, where 20 percent live and Atlantique Department, where 8 percent live. Outside of Benin this surname occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Togo, where 29 percent live and Ghana, where 29 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sokpé | 93 | 9 | / |
| Soukpe | 91 | 50 | / |
| Sokpey | 91 | 9 | / |
| Siokpe | 91 | 2 | / |
| Sokpei | 91 | 1 | / |
| Sokpeh | 91 | 1 | / |
| Sokp | 89 | 1 | / |
| Sosskpe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Sekpe | 80 | 2,555 | / |
| Sokpa | 80 | 931 | / |
| Sakpe | 80 | 765 | / |
| Zokpe | 80 | 175 | / |
| Sukpe | 80 | 59 | / |
| Jokpe | 80 | 49 | / |
| Sokpi | 80 | 5 | / |
| Cokpe | 80 | 3 | / |
| Sogpe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Soukp | 80 | 0 | / |
| Sokpetch | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sookphet | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sookpeth | 77 | 1 | / |
| Djokpe | 73 | 3,181 | / |
| Sekpey | 73 | 347 | / |
| Shakpe | 73 | 190 | / |
| Sekpeh | 73 | 134 | / |
| Zoukpe | 73 | 127 | / |
| Suukpe | 73 | 74 | / |
| Soukpa | 73 | 47 | / |
| Shekpe | 73 | 22 | / |
| Siekpe | 73 | 20 | / |
| Saakpe | 73 | 16 | / |
| Sakpei | 73 | 16 | / |
| Sukpet | 73 | 14 | / |
| Sekpee | 73 | 12 | / |
| Sohkpa | 73 | 12 | / |
| Seekpe | 73 | 10 | / |
| Sokpha | 73 | 8 | / |
| Sukpee | 73 | 8 | / |
| Sakpeh | 73 | 7 | / |
| Jokpeh | 73 | 2 | / |
| Suokpa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sokphy | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sukpea | 73 | 1 | / |
| Shokhp | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sokpui | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sekpei | 73 | 1 | / |
| Shokpi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sakpie | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sekbpe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sokpyo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Zokpie | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sockpa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sookpetch | 71 | 3 | / |
| Sukphet | 67 | 466 | / |
| Sakphet | 67 | 174 | / |
| Seekpee | 67 | 46 | / |
| Shakpeh | 67 | 40 | / |
| Shekpeh | 67 | 36 | / |
| Choukpe | 67 | 16 | / |
| Shokhpa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Sukpeth | 67 | 4 | / |
| Sakp | 67 | 3 | / |
| Seekpeh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Sakpech | 67 | 2 | / |
| Djoukpe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sakperr | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sokb | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sookpui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shokpyt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shaakpe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Soukpha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sukpech | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zokp | 67 | 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 Sokpe
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