Ephraim Forename
Approximately 161,588 people bear this name
Ephraim Forename Definition:
A male name. Hebrew 'doubly fruitful’, the name of the 2nd s. of Joseph. It came into use in the 17th C, and is still current in the USA.
Ephraim Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 100% | 25,099 | 1:2,173 | 369 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 22,037 | 1:8,058 | 1,135 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 16,774 | 1:920 | 159 |
| Malawi | 100% | 15,378 | 1:1,113 | 234 |
| Israel | 100% | 10,687 | 1:786 | 170 |
| Uganda | 99% | 9,911 | 1:4,132 | 502 |
| Tanzania | 99% | 8,529 | 1:6,189 | 957 |
| Zambia | - | 6,597 | 1:2,403 | 428 |
| Ghana | 95% | 6,012 | 1:4,489 | 588 |
| Burundi | - | 5,793 | 1:1,710 | 517 |
| Kenya | 100% | 5,337 | 1:8,677 | 1,154 |
| Philippines | 99% | 4,613 | 1:22,981 | 2,269 |
| United States | 100% | 4,224 | 1:85,828 | 4,015 |
| Rwanda | - | 3,867 | 1:2,941 | 600 |
| Ethiopia | - | 3,352 | 1:29,105 | 3,514 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 2,673 | 1:8,085 | 1,056 |
| DR Congo | 91% | 2,136 | 1:34,563 | 2,484 |
| Jamaica | - | 1,136 | 1:2,538 | 545 |
| Papua New Guinea | 99% | 1,018 | 1:8,008 | 826 |
| Botswana | 100% | 955 | 1:2,287 | 402 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 583 | 1:52,852 | 6,182 |
| England | 100% | 507 | 1:109,670 | 4,040 |
| Swaziland | - | 410 | 1:3,171 | 653 |
| India | 100% | 367 | 1:3,310,294 | 145,709 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 321 | 1:6,355 | 952 |
| Namibia | - | 284 | 1:8,465 | 1,062 |
| Liberia | 99% | 256 | 1:17,235 | 1,259 |
| Congo | 100% | 250 | 1:20,037 | 2,086 |
| Canada | 100% | 218 | 1:151,988 | 6,476 |
| Egypt | 100% | 217 | 1:423,507 | 12,330 |
| Vanuatu | - | 212 | 1:1,235 | 346 |
| Brazil | 100% | 168 | 1:1,275,215 | 30,996 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 103 | 1:295,630 | 15,159 |
| Germany | 100% | 90 | 1:1,074,199 | 8,150 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 74 | 1:311,837 | 13,522 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 74 | 1:228,407 | 8,105 |
| Haiti | 100% | 68 | 1:157,749 | 7,631 |
| Indonesia | - | 66 | 1:3,908,540 | 166,311 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 65 | 1:2,397 | 507 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 63 | 1:21,610 | 2,489 |
| Bahrain | - | 59 | 1:22,859 | 3,234 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 59 | 1:311,516 | 12,204 |
| Mexico | 100% | 54 | 1:2,298,971 | 12,850 |
| Bahamas | - | 49 | 1:8,150 | 1,060 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 49 | 1:11,856 | 1,118 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 47 | 1:2,374 | 451 |
| France | 100% | 41 | 1:1,621,228 | 10,391 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 40 | 1:178,800 | 11,813 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 38 | 1:2,616 | 555 |
| Benin | 100% | 35 | 1:302,167 | 12,231 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 35 | 1:234,671 | 5,117 |
| Kuwait | - | 28 | 1:135,188 | 8,745 |
| New Zealand | - | 26 | 1:174,463 | 5,979 |
| Ireland | 100% | 25 | 1:185,741 | 3,671 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 25 | 1:417,251 | 13,014 |
| Sudan | - | 25 | 1:1,512,279 | 3,324 |
| Aruba | - | 21 | 1:4,942 | 942 |
| Australia | - | 21 | 1:650,363 | 9,310 |
| Iceland | - | 19 | 1:19,264 | 1,346 |
| Thailand | 100% | 19 | 1:3,687,674 | 78,779 |
| Belgium | 100% | 18 | 1:638,336 | 9,306 |
| Scotland | 100% | 18 | 1:297,243 | 4,537 |
| Austria | 100% | 17 | 1:500,835 | 4,712 |
| Guyana | 100% | 17 | 1:44,898 | 4,357 |
| Singapore | 100% | 15 | 1:419,137 | 10,588 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 15 | 1:7,316 | 1,065 |
| Barbados | - | 14 | 1:20,699 | 1,571 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 14 | 1:13,882,691 | 83,133 |
| Sweden | 100% | 14 | 1:704,136 | 15,982 |
| Wales | 100% | 14 | 1:221,022 | 3,846 |
| Bermuda | - | 11 | 1:5,893 | 898 |
| China | - | 10 | 1:136,605,578 | 66,281 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 9 | 1:204,794 | 1,831 |
| Chad | 100% | 9 | 1:1,510,933 | 6,264 |
| Eritrea | - | 9 | 1:528,109 | 348 |
| Finland | 57% | 9 | 1:609,243 | 6,562 |
| Poland | - | 9 | 1:4,225,235 | 4,388 |
| Togo | - | 9 | 1:804,360 | 4,738 |
| Peru | 100% | 8 | 1:3,973,932 | 31,495 |
| Chile | 100% | 7 | 1:2,515,315 | 15,652 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 7 | 1:4,314,556 | 60,709 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 6 | 1:5,208 | 987 |
| Belize | 100% | 5 | 1:70,862 | 4,575 |
| Italy | 100% | 5 | 1:12,212,418 | 34,417 |
| Qatar | 100% | 5 | 1:473,921 | 38,106 |
| Central African Republic | - | 4 | 1:1,128,848 | 698 |
| French Polynesia | - | 4 | 1:69,476 | 2,352 |
| Gabon | 100% | 4 | 1:470,834 | 2,822 |
| Hong Kong | - | 4 | 1:1,938,181 | 8,439 |
| Japan | - | 4 | 1:31,996,514 | 55,536 |
| Malta | - | 4 | 1:107,340 | 2,111 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 4 | 1:13,715 | 1,549 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 4 | 1:44,454 | 3,465 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 4 | 1:1,772,166 | 913 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 4 | 1:5,942,420 | 87,370 |
| Norway | - | 3 | 1:1,710,776 | 19,445 |
| Panama | - | 3 | 1:1,302,186 | 25,104 |
| Denmark | - | 2 | 1:2,824,749 | 21,465 |
| El Salvador | - | 2 | 1:3,170,893 | 11,665 |
| Senegal | 100% | 2 | 1:7,290,678 | 24,413 |
| Turkey | - | 2 | 1:38,900,854 | 64,839 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Argentina | - | 1 | 1:42,773,243 | 43,333 |
| Colombia | - | 1 | 1:47,778,926 | 95,497 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 1 | 1:4,767,948 | 27,206 |
| Czechia | - | 1 | 1:10,656,162 | 11,509 |
| Ecuador | - | 1 | 1:17,726,919 | 31,775 |
| Grenada | 100% | 1 | 1:108,125 | 4,208 |
| Lebanon | - | 1 | 1:5,627,571 | 19,299 |
| Morocco | - | 1 | 1:34,348,636 | 18,260 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 1 | 1:270,164 | 3,221 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 1 | 1:6,018,336 | 34,175 |
| Oman | - | 1 | 1:4,108,667 | 12,526 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Russia | 100% | 1 | 1:144,233,704 | 184,271 |
| Spain | - | 1 | 1:46,529,965 | 35,592 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Turkmenistan | - | 1 | 1:5,472,870 | 3,925 |
| Ukraine | - | 1 | 1:45,499,908 | 32,056 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
The alternate forms: Ephraïm (522) & Ephraîm (3) are calculated separately.
Ephraim (42,147) may also be a surname.
Ephraim Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. Hebrew 'doubly fruitful’, the name of the 2nd s. of Joseph. It came into use in the 17th C, and is still current in the USA.
Hebrew, ‘two-fold increase’: a sense that may, in these birth-controlled times, increase the deceleration in its use. In the Old Testament, he was the second son of Joseph.
The Scripture name חֲנוֹך, Ephrayim, which Tregelles translates ‘double-land, twin-land;’ others ‘twofold increase, very fruitful;’ from p’riy, fruit of the earth.
Hebrew (masculine) - Increasing.
E'-fra-im, that brings forth fruit, or grows. 1. The second son of the patriarch Joseph, by Asenath, Potiphar s daughter. Gen. xli. 52. 2. A city in the tribe of Ephraim, situated towards Jordan. The wood or forest of Ephraim, in which Absalom s army was routed, and himself killed and buried, lay beyond Jordan. 2. Sam. xviii. 6, &c.
Meaning: double ash-heap: I shall be doubly fruitful.
A Hebrew name, meaning: The fruitful: double fruitfulness.
Ephraim Forename Popularity
Ephraim Demographics
Average Male Ephraim Height
173.94 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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