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
Wakpo occurs more in Benin more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wakpo? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,484,726th most prevalent family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 51,320,746 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wakpo reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 92 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most frequently held in Benin, where it is held by 130 people, or 1 in 79,505. In Benin it is mostly found in: Ouémé Department, where 85 percent live, Littoral Department, where 9 percent live and Zou Department, where 3 percent live. Without taking into account Benin Wakpo occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Liberia, where 4 percent live and South Africa, where 3 percent live.
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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 Wakpo
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