Yekpo Surname
Approximately 130 people bear this surname
Yekpo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 89 | 1:116,130 | 12,862 |
| Ivory Coast | 19 | 1:1,214,275 | 27,625 |
| Nigeria | 18 | 1:9,841,264 | 197,192 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
Yekpo (146) may also be a first name.
Yekpo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yekpo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yekpo is more frequently found in Benin than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Yekpo click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yekpo? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,573,888th most widespread surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 56,058,046 people. The surname Yekpo is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Yekpo reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 763,528th most widespread forename globally, borne by 146 people.
The last name is most numerous in Benin, where it is held by 89 people, or 1 in 116,130. In Benin Yekpo is most common in: Zou Department, where 36 percent live, Kouffo Department, where 35 percent live and Mono Department, where 22 percent live. Outside of Benin this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 15 percent live and Nigeria, where 14 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ayekpo | 91 | 764 | / |
| Yekpoh | 91 | 9 | / |
| Ekpo | 89 | 95,245 | / |
| Aiyekpo | 83 | 9 | / |
| Ayiekpo | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ekpou | 80 | 18 | / |
| Jekpo | 80 | 14 | / |
| Ekppo | 80 | 9 | / |
| Ekpoo | 80 | 6 | / |
| Ekpho | 80 | 4 | / |
| Yekpa | 80 | 4 | / |
| Ekpoi | 80 | 3 | / |
| Eikpo | 80 | 2 | / |
| Aykpo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ekbpo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Eakpo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Eukpo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Eekpo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Aekpo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gekpo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Oekpo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ekkpo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ayekpa | 73 | 990 | / |
| Heekpo | 73 | 846 | / |
| Ayakpo | 73 | 391 | / |
| Oyokpo | 73 | 173 | / |
| Yecpot | 73 | 123 | / |
| Ayikpo | 73 | 71 | / |
| Ojekpo | 73 | 53 | / |
| Iyokpo | 73 | 26 | / |
| Ejakpo | 73 | 14 | / |
| Iyakpo | 73 | 12 | / |
| Eyekpa | 73 | 11 | / |
| Yekpah | 73 | 8 | / |
| Ayokpo | 73 | 6 | / |
| Ouekpo | 73 | 6 | / |
| Jekpoo | 73 | 4 | / |
| Iyekpa | 73 | 3 | / |
| Ejikpo | 73 | 3 | / |
| Eyakpo | 73 | 2 | / |
| Eakpho | 73 | 2 | / |
| Awekpo | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ajekpo | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ayukpo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gekpoh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Eiakpo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oyikpo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Eyikpo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Jeakpo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Haykpo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ekpa | 67 | 9,889 | / |
| Houekpo | 67 | 255 | / |
| Ayoukpo | 67 | 26 | / |
| Egpo | 67 | 10 | / |
| Gouekpo | 67 | 5 | / |
| Oyookpo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ayekpeu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Gayekpa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ayiekpa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ayakpoy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hayikpo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ayekpah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ecpo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jeckpoo | 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 Yekpo
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