Wekpe Surname
Approximately 541 people bear this surname
Wekpe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 262 | 1:39,449 | 5,069 |
| Nigeria | 249 | 1:711,417 | 32,711 |
| England | 18 | 1:3,095,448 | 105,421 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
Wekpe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wekpe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wekpe is borne by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wekpe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 580,291st most widespread last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 13,470,510 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Wekpe are found; 94 percent are found in West Africa and 94 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Wekpe is most commonly held in Benin, where it is held by 262 people, or 1 in 39,449. In Benin Wekpe is primarily found in: Zou Department, where 77 percent live, Collines Department, where 18 percent live and Littoral Department, where 3 percent live. Aside from Benin this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 46 percent live and England, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whekpe | 91 | 2 | / |
| Vwekpe | 91 | 1 | / |
| Wekpeh | 91 | 1 | / |
| Woekpeh | 83 | 67 | / |
| Wouekpe | 83 | 30 | / |
| Wehkpee | 83 | 1 | / |
| Wekpa | 80 | 547 | / |
| Wokpe | 80 | 107 | / |
| Wikpe | 80 | 83 | / |
| Wakpe | 80 | 11 | / |
| Vekpe | 80 | 7 | / |
| Wekpi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wheakpee | 77 | 5 | / |
| Whehkpee | 77 | 2 | / |
| Wokpeh | 73 | 517 | / |
| Veekpe | 73 | 113 | / |
| Veakpe | 73 | 15 | / |
| Vekpeh | 73 | 6 | / |
| Waikpe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Veikpe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Waakpe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wegkpa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wakpeh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Weakpa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Veekpeh | 67 | 9 | / |
| Wahakpe | 67 | 6 | / |
| Wohkpeh | 67 | 6 | / |
| Wykp | 67 | 2 | / |
| Uekp | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wokpeah | 67 | 2 | / |
| Woikpeh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Whakpeh | 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 Wekpe
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