Chephas Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Chephas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chephas (23) may also be a first name.
Chephas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chephas Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chephas is most common in Nigeria. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Chephas click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chephas? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chephas is the 8,968,613th most frequently held family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 75 percent of Chephas are found; 75 percent are found in West Africa and 50 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Chephas is also the 2,239,265th most frequently held given name globally, borne by 23 people.
The last name Chephas is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 88,571,379. In Nigeria Chephas is most prevalent in: Kaduna, where 50 percent are found and Nasarawa, where 50 percent are found. Not including Nigeria Chephas occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Liberia, where 25 percent are found and The United States, where 25 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 Chephas
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