Wakpo Surname
Approximately 142 people bear this surname
Wakpo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 130 | 1:79,505 | 9,420 |
| Liberia | 5 | 1:881,707 | 33,815 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Wakpo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wakpo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wakpo is carried by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wakpo? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wakpo is the 1,484,726th most frequently held family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 51,320,746 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wakpo are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 92 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most commonly held in Benin, where it is borne by 130 people, or 1 in 79,505. In Benin it is primarily concentrated in: Ouémé Department, where 85 percent reside, Littoral Department, where 9 percent reside and Zou Department, where 3 percent reside. Outside of Benin Wakpo occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 4 percent reside and South Africa, where 3 percent reside.
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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 Wakpo
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