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
The surname Cepha occurs more in Liberia more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Cepha? popularity and diffusion
Cepha is the 3,100,440th most frequent last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 182,188,648 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 78 percent of Cepha are found; 60 percent are found in West Africa and 58 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa. Cepha is also the 1,270,172nd most commonly held forename world-wide, held by 60 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Liberia, where it is carried by 23 people, or 1 in 191,675. In Liberia Cepha is primarily concentrated in: Bong County, where 52 percent live, Rivercess County, where 26 percent live and Margibi County, where 17 percent live. Excluding Liberia Cepha is found in 9 countries. It is also common in Haiti, where 10 percent live and Kenya, where 10 percent live.
Cepha Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Cepha has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Cepha surname fell 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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