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 is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Caphas? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,485,539th most commonly used family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. The surname Caphas occurs mostly in Africa, where 88 percent of Caphas reside; 66 percent reside in West Africa and 66 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 95,793rd most numerous first name globally. It is borne by 5,037 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 21 people, or 1 in 8,435,369. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Gombe, where 38 percent live, Kaduna, where 38 percent live and Benue, where 19 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 22 percent live and The United States, where 9 percent live.
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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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