Ephrahim Surname

279,323rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,384 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Ephrahim Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ephrahim Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1,3381:39,5684,536
Nigeria291:6,108,371148,179
Chad41:3,398,0507,703
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
England11:55,718,059489,080
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Ephrahim (1,909) may also be a first name.

Ephrahim Last Name Facts

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

Ephrahim is most common in Tanzania. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ephrahim? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 279,323rd most commonly used surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 5,265,568 people. Ephrahim occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ephrahim are found; 97 percent are found in East Africa and 97 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Ephrahim is also the 173,888th most frequently occurring forename globally, held by 1,909 people.

This last name is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 1,338 people, or 1 in 39,568. In Tanzania Ephrahim is most common in: Kagera Region, where 47 percent reside, Mwanza Region, where 12 percent reside and Dar es Salaam Region, where 9 percent reside. Without taking into account Tanzania it exists in 13 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 2 percent reside and Chad, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Euphrahim944/
Eprahim931,208/
Ephreaim8816/
Iphrahim8811/
Eprahiem881/
Ephrahem881/
Iprahim801,832/
Eprahem801,588/
Aprahim80554/
Ephraem80497/
Efrahim80230/
Ibprahim751/
Iprahimm751/
Iprrahhim714/
Epraem712/
Ifrahim672,177/
Iprahem671,035/
Afrahim67869/
Aprahem67344/
Aprohim6760/
Iprohim6735/
Apraahahim674/
Efrahimova672/
Efrahem671/
Iffrahim632/
Ifraheim631/
Aiprohim631/
Afrhahim631/
Ifrahiem631/
Ifrrahim631/
Ifhraheem592/
Efraem57153/
Apraem571/
Ifrahimova561/
Afrahem5398/
Ifrahem535/
Apraeem531/

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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 Ephrahim
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