Zekpe Surname

1,471,719th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 144 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ivory Coast
Highest density in:
Benin

Zekpe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zekpe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ivory Coast851:271,42610,543
Benin431:240,36321,480
Liberia71:629,79127,063
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Central African Republic11:4,515,3901,196
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Togo11:7,247,76812,049

Zekpe (30) may also be a first name.

Zekpe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Zekpe is carried by more people in The Ivory Coast than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Zekpe? popularity and diffusion

The surname Zekpe is the 1,471,719th most commonly held last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 50,607,958 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 91 percent of Zekpe reside; 88 percent reside in West Africa and 48 percent reside in Mande Africa. Zekpe is also the 1,911,214th most frequently used first name at a global level, borne by 30 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 85 people, or 1 in 271,426. In The Ivory Coast it is most numerous in: Montagnes District, where 81 percent reside, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 14 percent reside and Bas-Sassandra District, where 2 percent reside. Without taking into account The Ivory Coast this surname exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 30 percent reside and Liberia, where 5 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Zekpeh91110/
Zekpei911/
Dzekpe911/
Zaekpe911/
Zekper911/
Zekp891/
Zehkpeh8328/
Sekpe802,555/
Zekpa801,785/
Zakpe80488/
Gekpe80189/
Zokpe80175/
Jekpe8065/
Zikpe8056/
Cekpe801/
Zeakpeah771/
Dzokpe731,376/
Tsekpe73630/
Sekpey73347/
Djekpe73202/
Sekpeh73134/
Dzakpe7334/
Chekpe7331/
Siekpe7320/
Sekpee7312/
Seekpe7310/
Zikepe738/
Zokpeh732/
Zikpeu732/
Seikpe732/
Zakpeh731/
Zekpio731/
Sekpei731/
Zokpie731/
Zakpea731/
Zikpee731/
Zakpeu731/
Sekbpe731/
Jekpeh731/
Zeakpa731/
Tchekpe67328/
Seekpee6746/
Tsekper6711/
Zikhepe677/
Seekpeh672/
Gekp672/
Djeekpe671/
Sekp671/
Tsekkpe671/
Zekv671/
Zoekpoi671/
Ceekpee671/
Chekpee671/
Zaikpeh671/
Cekp671/
Zecp671/

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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 Zekpe
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