Wokpe Surname

1,775,494th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 107 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Wokpe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wokpe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1041:1,703,29662,619
Benin21:5,167,80184,334
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Wokpe Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wokpe Come From? nationality or country of origin

Wokpe is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wokpe? popularity and diffusion

Wokpe is the 1,775,494th most widely held family name internationally, held by around 1 in 68,107,906 people. The surname Wokpe is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wokpe are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

Wokpe is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 104 people, or 1 in 1,703,296. In Nigeria Wokpe is primarily found in: Rivers, where 97 percent are found, Cross River, where 1 percent are found and Delta, where 1 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 2 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wokpeh91517/
Wokper911/
Woekpeh8367/
Wohkpeh836/
Wokpeah832/
Wookpeh832/
Woukpeh831/
Woikpeh831/
Wekpe80541/
Wokpi8055/
Wokpa8025/
Wakpe8011/
Vokpe808/
Wukpe802/
Wokph801/
Vokpee7356/
Boukpe7314/
Vookpe738/
Bogkpe736/
Whekpe732/
Woikpa731/
Wokpit731/
Wekpeh731/
Wukpeh731/
Wakpeh731/
Waakpe731/
Vwekpe731/
Bokpei731/
Boukpei6743/
Wahakpe676/
Vookpee673/
Woqp672/
Whakpeh671/
Wogp671/
Wokv671/
Woukpoa671/
Vokppee671/
Wehkpee671/

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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 Wokpe
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