Caphas Surname
Approximately 32 people bear this surname
Caphas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 21 | 1:8,435,369 | 179,591 |
| Zimbabwe | 7 | 1:2,205,463 | 97,905 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
Caphas (5,037) may also be a first name.
Caphas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Caphas Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Caphas occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Caphas click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Caphas? popularity and diffusion
The surname Caphas is the 3,485,539th most prevalent surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 88 percent of Caphas live; 66 percent live in West Africa and 66 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 95,793rd most commonly held first name internationally, held by 5,037 people.
The last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 21 people, or 1 in 8,435,369. In Nigeria Caphas is mostly found in: Gombe, where 38 percent are found, Kaduna, where 38 percent are found and Benue, where 19 percent are found. Barring Nigeria this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 22 percent are found and The United States, where 9 percent are found.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Caphas
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