Jephthah Surname

472,684th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 709 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Malawi

Jephthah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jephthah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3641:486,65624,409
South Africa1751:309,58729,554
Malawi1571:109,03912,664
Sweden71:1,406,680102,017
England31:18,572,686338,250
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676

Jephthah (3,847) may also be a first name.

Jephthah Last Name Facts

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

The surname Jephthah is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Jephthah? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 472,684th most commonly used last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 10,278,626 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Jephthah live; 51 percent live in West Africa and 51 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 113,241st most commonly occurring first name at a global level It is held by 3,847 people.

The surname Jephthah is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 364 people, or 1 in 486,656. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Bayelsa, where 44 percent live, Plateau, where 13 percent live and Rivers, where 13 percent live. Besides Nigeria it occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 25 percent live and Malawi, where 22 percent live.

Jephthah Last Name Statistics demography

Jephthah earn significantly more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 29.74% more than the national average, earning R 308,316 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Jephtha93433/
Jephtah93175/
Jepthah934/
Jephthas8831/
Jephthat881/
Jephta861,008/
Jeptha86533/
Jeptah868/
Ephtha861/
Jepthas8070/
Jephtas8047/
Jepthta807/
Jefthah801/
Jepta7721/
Ephta771/
Jeftha712,025/
Jeptai7111/
Jefhta715/
Jebtah713/
Yephta711/
Jebtha711/
Yeptha711/
Jefthas67869/
Epta67319/
Jefftha674/
Yepthho673/
Jephtei671/
Yephtho671/
Jyeptho671/

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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 Jephthah
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