Ciapha Surname
Approximately 240 people bear this surname
Ciapha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 238 | 1:18,523 | 1,885 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Ciapha (157) may also be a first name.
Ciapha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ciapha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ciapha is found in Liberia more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ciapha? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ciapha is the 1,044,719th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 30,364,775 people. The surname Ciapha occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ciapha live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. Ciapha is also the 732,696th most widely held given name on earth It is held by 157 people.
The surname Ciapha is most frequently held in Liberia, where it is borne by 238 people, or 1 in 18,523. In Liberia Ciapha is mostly concentrated in: Montserrado County, where 39 percent live, Margibi County, where 18 percent live and Bomi County, where 13 percent live. Other than Liberia this last name exists in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent live.
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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 Ciapha
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