Eliphus Surname

942,947th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 278 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Eliphus Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Eliphus Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2721:651,26030,529
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Eliphus (521) may also be a first name.

Eliphus Last Name Facts

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

Eliphus is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Eliphus? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 942,947th most numerous last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 26,214,194 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Eliphus reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Eliphus is also the 369,942nd most widespread first name throughout the world It is held by 521 people.

It is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 272 people, or 1 in 651,260. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Ondo, where 75 percent live, Ogun, where 7 percent live and Lagos, where 7 percent live. Outside of Nigeria Eliphus occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 1 percent live and Botswana, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Elipheus938/
Eliphaus933/
Eliphous931/
Aliphus8622/
Elipu83283/
Alipheus809/
Alliphus801/
Oliphaus800/
Elepus7734/
Alipus7710/
Elaipu777/
Elifus776/
Eliepu774/
Elipos771/
Ellipu771/
Eliputt713/
Helephu711/
Gelifus711/
Elepu67830/
Ilipu6771/
Elifu6762/
Alepheus671/

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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 Eliphus
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