Tekpe Surname
Approximately 202 people bear this surname
Tekpe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 102 | 1:101,329 | 11,505 |
| Nigeria | 67 | 1:2,643,922 | 85,652 |
| Ivory Coast | 20 | 1:1,153,562 | 26,783 |
| Belgium | 10 | 1:1,149,664 | 82,403 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Tekpe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tekpe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tekpe is found most in Benin. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tekpe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tekpe is the 1,177,228th most commonly held family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 36,076,960 people. Tekpe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Tekpe live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Tekpe is most common in Benin, where it is borne by 102 people, or 1 in 101,329. In Benin Tekpe is mostly found in: Zou Department, where 29 percent are found, Collines Department, where 23 percent are found and Kouffo Department, where 15 percent are found. Outside of Benin this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 33 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 10 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tekpeh | 91 | 301 | / |
| Tekpee | 91 | 50 | / |
| Tekpey | 91 | 3 | / |
| Tekpei | 91 | 1 | / |
| Thekpe | 91 | 1 | / |
| Teakpe | 91 | 1 | / |
| Tiekpe | 91 | 1 | / |
| Teekpe | 91 | 1 | / |
| Toekpei | 83 | 84 | / |
| Teekpee | 83 | 1 | / |
| Teekper | 83 | 1 | / |
| Teekpie | 83 | 1 | / |
| Tekpeah | 83 | 1 | / |
| Tekpa | 80 | 1,928 | / |
| Tokpe | 80 | 779 | / |
| Takpe | 80 | 276 | / |
| Tekpi | 80 | 91 | / |
| Tikpe | 80 | 22 | / |
| Tiekpa | 73 | 84 | / |
| Tegpep | 73 | 42 | / |
| Tokpeh | 73 | 35 | / |
| Tokphe | 73 | 7 | / |
| Taikpe | 73 | 5 | / |
| Tyokpe | 73 | 4 | / |
| Takpeh | 73 | 2 | / |
| Tokpea | 73 | 2 | / |
| Taakpe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tokpei | 73 | 1 | / |
| Taykpe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Teakpa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tekpfh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tekppi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Thakpe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Takpee | 73 | 1 | / |
| Taakpee | 67 | 6 | / |
| Tecp | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tikp | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tahkpeh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tekb | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tyokpee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Taakpei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tokpeah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Thokphe | 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
- 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 Tekpe
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