Clophas Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Clophas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Clophas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria151:11,809,517219,567
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Clophas (470) may also be a first name.

Clophas Last Name Facts

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

Clophas is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Clophas? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,649,889th most widely held last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Clophas reside; 83 percent reside in West Africa and 83 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Clophas is also the 392,739th most commonly occurring given name globally It is held by 470 people.

It is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 11,809,517. In Nigeria it is most common in: Lagos, where 40 percent live, Rivers, where 33 percent live and Akwa Ibom, where 27 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 6 percent live and South Africa, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cleophas934,919/
Cloophas931/
Clopas9235/
Clopha924/
Cleophase88130/
Cleopas862,865/
Cleopha86278/
Chlopas8661/
Clopass8614/
Cloppas8611/
Clophat869/
Cliopas862/
Klophas861/
Clopa833/
Cleophat801,993/
Kleophas80114/
Klophaus80109/
Cleopass8017/
Clophace804/
Cleophax803/
Cleofhas801/
Cleoupha801/
Cleopa771,068/
Klopas77102/
Cliopa776/
Clofas775/
Clopad773/
Cloppa773/
Clapas772/
Clopos771/
Clopau771/
Cleophace7515,980/
Cleopasse751/
Cleofas715,183/
Kleopas71974/
Clopeau71226/
Khlopas7169/
Cliofas7141/
Clappas7132/
Klopass7119/
Kloupas7114/
Kliopas719/
Slopast713/
Klopaas712/
Cleopaz711/
Clophey711/
Clapa671,069/
Chliapas67204/
Chillopa67169/
Cloupeau67110/
Kellopas6745/
Killopas6738/
Clopeaud6711/
Clofa6710/
Klopa673/
Cloppatt672/
Clauphat671/
Kloiphai671/
Cleophot671/
Cleofase671/
Cleoffas671/
Cloffass670/

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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 Clophas
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