Cephas Surname
Approximately 7,424 people bear this surname
Cephas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 2,600 | 1:5,228 | 794 |
| United States | 2,082 | 1:174,092 | 17,506 |
| Liberia | 933 | 1:4,725 | 577 |
| Ghana | 693 | 1:38,991 | 4,481 |
| Nigeria | 448 | 1:395,408 | 20,799 |
| Jamaica | 225 | 1:12,755 | 1,281 |
| Zimbabwe | 122 | 1:126,543 | 16,872 |
| Papua New Guinea | 50 | 1:163,074 | 22,562 |
| Botswana | 33 | 1:66,271 | 11,607 |
| Bahamas | 32 | 1:12,242 | 774 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| England | 25 | 1:2,228,722 | 84,230 |
| India | 25 | 1:30,682,615 | 377,978 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 22 | 1:61,999 | 4,975 |
| Indonesia | 21 | 1:6,297,581 | 275,398 |
| Canada | 17 | 1:2,167,388 | 133,872 |
| Kenya | 13 | 1:3,552,300 | 39,474 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 9 | 1:11,019 | 1,084 |
| Tanzania | 6 | 1:8,823,602 | 72,091 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Guyana | 4 | 1:190,555 | 9,777 |
| Burundi | 4 | 1:2,451,213 | 1,279 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Grenada | 1 | 1:108,535 | 1,793 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 252 | 1:199,280 | 17,365 |
Cephas (54,209) may also be a first name.
Cephas Demographics
Cephas Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Cephas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cephas Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Cephas is most common in Chad. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cephas? popularity and diffusion
Cephas is the 67,064th most commonly occurring family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 981,620 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 66 percent of Cephas are found; 63 percent are found in West Africa and 35 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 17,241st most widely held first name on earth, held by 54,209 people.
The last name Cephas is most commonly occurring in Chad, where it is borne by 2,600 people, or 1 in 5,228. Aside from Chad this surname is found in 47 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 28 percent live and Liberia, where 13 percent live.
Cephas Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Cephas has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Cephas surname rose 826 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Cephas Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Cephas last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Cephas last name are 0.81% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 54.04% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Cephas earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 6.56% less than the national average, earning $40,319 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.05% more than the national average, earning $54,179 CAD per year.
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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
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- 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 Cephas
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