Ephriam Surname

253,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,562 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Israel

Ephriam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ephriam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,1181:158,4469,962
United States3241:1,118,70080,737
Israel551:155,59316,202
South Africa311:1,747,66884,236
India221:34,866,608408,224
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Papua New Guinea31:2,717,906153,458
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States451:1,115,97164,142

Ephriam (3,957) may also be a first name.

Ephriam Last Name Facts

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

Ephriam (Oriya: ଏଫିଆମ) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Ephriam.

How Common Is The Last Name Ephriam? popularity and diffusion

It is the 253,171st most commonly held family name globally, borne by around 1 in 4,665,522 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 74 percent of Ephriam are found; 72 percent are found in West Africa and 72 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 111,177th most commonly held forename in the world, held by 3,957 people.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,118 people, or 1 in 158,446. In Nigeria Ephriam is most frequent in: Akwa Ibom, where 15 percent reside, Adamawa, where 12 percent reside and Cross River, where 11 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria this last name is found in 11 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 21 percent reside and Israel, where 4 percent reside.

Ephriam Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Ephriam has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 720 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Ephriam Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Ephriam surname are 19.85% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 73.08% being registered with the political party.

The amount Ephriam earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 83.04% less than the national average, earning R 40,308 per year and in United States they earn 19.46% less than the national average, earning $34,754 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Efphriam9314/
Eephriam931/
Ephriham931/
Hephriam930/
Epriam9219/
Ephrian8637/
Ephream8619/
Ehpriam865/
Iphriam863/
Eprhiam861/
Eprriam861/
Efhriam861/
Epriham860/
Epriaham801/
Eprian7722/
Efriam772/
Apriam771/
Ephrion713/
Effriam713/
Eyprian712/
Iphream711/
Ipriham711/
Ephrean710/

Ephriam Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ephriam in the Oriya language
ଏଫିଆମephi'ama-

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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 Ephriam
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