Ephe Surname
Approximately 50 people bear this surname
Ephe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 27 | 1:769,225 | 54,005 |
| Lesotho | 14 | 1:145,183 | 12,726 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Ephe (114) may also be a first name.
Ephe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ephe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ephe is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Ephe.
How Common Is The Last Name Ephe? popularity and diffusion
Ephe is the 2,746,821st most commonly occurring family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 145,750,918 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 86 percent of Ephe live; 56 percent live in Central Africa and 56 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 877,214th most numerous first name in the world It is held by 114 people.
Ephe is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 27 people, or 1 in 769,225. In Cameroon Ephe is most prevalent in: Southwest Region, where 96 percent reside and Northwest Region, where 4 percent reside. Other than Cameroon this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Lesotho, where 28 percent reside and Taiwan, where 8 percent reside.
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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 Ephe
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