Cepha Surname
Approximately 40 people bear this surname
Cepha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 23 | 1:191,675 | 12,886 |
| Haiti | 4 | 1:2,670,977 | 16,453 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Cepha (60) may also be a first name.
Cepha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cepha Come From? nationality or country of origin
Cepha is borne by more people in Liberia than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Cepha? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,100,440th most numerous last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 78 percent of Cepha live; 60 percent live in West Africa and 58 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. Cepha is also the 1,270,172nd most widely held forename worldwide. It is borne by 60 people.
It is most common in Liberia, where it is carried by 23 people, or 1 in 191,675. In Liberia Cepha is most frequent in: Bong County, where 52 percent reside, Rivercess County, where 26 percent reside and Margibi County, where 17 percent reside. Apart from Liberia this surname occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Haiti, where 10 percent reside and Kenya, where 10 percent reside.
Cepha Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Cepha has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Cepha last name declined 33 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Cepha
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