Ephraem Surname

618,896th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 497 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Ephraem Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ephraem Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania4611:114,84111,032
Papua New Guinea281:291,20439,406
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Ephraem (1,073) may also be a first name.

Ephraem Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ephraem has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ephraem? popularity and diffusion

The surname Ephraem is the 618,896th most commonly used surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 14,663,070 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Ephraem live; 93 percent live in East Africa and 93 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 244,072nd most commonly used first name world-wide It is held by 1,073 people.

The surname Ephraem is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 461 people, or 1 in 114,841. In Tanzania Ephraem is primarily found in: Arusha Region, where 48 percent reside, Mbeya Region, where 39 percent reside and Kilimanjaro Region, where 7 percent reside. Barring Tanzania it is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 6 percent reside and India, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ephraiem937/
Ephrahem931/
Ephrem9243,342/
Epraem922/
Ephraim8642,147/
Eprahem861,588/
Euphrem8685/
Ephreim8659/
Ephriem8627/
Ephream8619/
Ephraîm862/
Ehphrem861/
Ephraym861/
Ephraum861/
Eaphrem860/
Eprem83259/
Ephrahim801,384/
Euphraim8033/
Ephraime8028/
Ephreaim8016/
Ephrraim802/
Eprahiem801/
Eiphraim801/
Ephrahym801/
Euphreim801/
Ephhraim801/
Hephraim801/
Ephrgaim801/
Eephraim801/
Efraem77153/
Epraim7798/
Aphrem7758/
Efhrem774/
Epfrem772/
Heprem772/
Epreim772/
Epriem771/
Eiprem771/
Eprhem771/
Epprem771/
Apraem771/
Iphrem771/
Euphrahim754/
Eprahim711,208/
Iprahem711,035/
Aprahem71344/
Ehpraim7131/
Eprhaim7120/
Iphraim7113/
Eprayim7111/
Efhraim717/
Eprayam714/
Epraihm713/
Iphream711/
Efrahem711/
Efrayem711/
Ephraimová711/
Iphriem711/
Ephroum711/
Efrem6720,472/
Aprem67134/
Iphrahim6711/
Oprem673/
Euprhaim671/
Iphriyam671/
Jprem671/

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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 Ephraem
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