Christpher Surname

1,518,885th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 137 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Christpher Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Christpher Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1091:1,625,16360,488
United States171:21,321,114641,998
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Christpher (2,051) may also be a first name.

Christpher Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Christpher Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Christpher is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Christpher.

How Common Is The Last Name Christpher? popularity and diffusion

The last name Christpher is the 1,518,885th most widely held family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 53,193,766 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 82 percent of Christpher are found; 80 percent are found in West Africa and 80 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Christpher is also the 166,540th most widely held first name worldwide. It is borne by 2,051 people.

The surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 109 people, or 1 in 1,625,163. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Abia, where 10 percent reside, Delta, where 10 percent reside and Kaduna, where 10 percent reside. Beside Nigeria it is found in 7 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 12 percent reside and India, where 2 percent reside.

Christpher Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Christpher has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Christpher last name rose 170 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Christpher Last Name Statistics demography

Christpher earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 0.5% more than the national average, earning $43,365 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Christppher953/
Christphe951/
Christper951/
Christhphe901/
Christpe891/
Christfer841/
Critfer711/
Schrietfer701/
Schretfer630/
Cretfer591/

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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 Christpher
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