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

The surname Ephriam (Oriya: ଏଫିଆମ) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Ephriam.

How Common Is The Last Name Ephriam? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 253,171st most commonly held family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 4,665,522 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 74 percent of Ephriam reside; 72 percent reside in West Africa and 72 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ephriam is also the 111,177th most commonly held first name world-wide. It is borne by 3,957 people.

It is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,118 people, or 1 in 158,446. In Nigeria Ephriam is primarily found in: Akwa Ibom, where 15 percent live, Adamawa, where 12 percent live and Cross River, where 11 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 21 percent live and Israel, where 4 percent live.

Ephriam Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Ephriam has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Ephriam surname grew 720 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Ephriam Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Ephriam are 19.85% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 73.08% registered with the 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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