Cyphus Surname

1,894,523rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 96 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Northern Ireland

Cyphus Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cyphus Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England751:742,90741,196
Northern Ireland81:230,63010,839
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England471:518,62527,981
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States501:1,004,37459,252

Cyphus (30) may also be a first name.

Cyphus Last Name Facts

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

Cyphus is found in England more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Cyphus? popularity and diffusion

Cyphus is the 1,894,523rd most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 75,911,937 people. Cyphus is predominantly found in Europe, where 93 percent of Cyphus live; 92 percent live in Northern Europe and 92 percent live in British Isles. Cyphus is also the 1,911,214th most frequently held given name on earth, held by 30 people.

The surname is most prevalent in England, where it is borne by 75 people, or 1 in 742,907. In England it is mostly found in: Gloucestershire, where 27 percent reside, Warwickshire, where 19 percent reside and Wiltshire, where 15 percent reside. Not including England this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Northern Ireland, where 8 percent reside and Kenya, where 4 percent reside.

Cyphus Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Cyphus has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Cyphus last name increased 160 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it declined 96 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ceyphus920/
Cypus915/
Cephus831,574/
Syphus83344/
Ciphus830/
Caiphus77269/
Cephaus778/
Ciephus776/
Cephuse775/
Cephous774/
Ceephus772/
Cepheus772/
Ceiphus771/
Ciphaus771/
Chephus771/
Ceaphus771/
Seyphus771/
Ciphuse770/
Sypus7323/
Cepus7322/
Cyfus7319/
Cipus739/
Cypuz731/
Ceiphaus711/
Sephus67260/
Chepus67226/
Schiphuis67100/
Cehfus676/
Ceapus673/
Ceppus673/
Chipus672/
Syhpus671/
Xiphus671/
Chefus671/
Cepush671/
Cepuhs671/
Cypuch671/
Siphus670/
Chiphouse670/

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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 Cyphus
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