Memphis Surname

1,943,350th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 92 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Memphis Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Memphis Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa701:773,96753,253
France111:6,038,429280,838
Canada91:4,093,955205,175
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Memphis (685) may also be a first name.

Memphis Last Name Facts

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

Memphis is most common in South Africa. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Memphis? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,943,350th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 79,212,456 people. The surname Memphis occurs mostly in Africa, where 77 percent of Memphis live; 76 percent live in Southern Africa and 76 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Memphis is also the 316,139th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world. It is borne by 685 people.

The surname is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is held by 70 people, or 1 in 773,967. In South Africa Memphis is most common in: Eastern Cape, where 67 percent are found, Western Cape, where 30 percent are found and Free State, where 1 percent are found. Beside South Africa it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in France, where 12 percent are found and Canada, where 10 percent are found.

Memphis Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Memphis earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 37.84% less than the national average, earning R 147,708 per year and in Canada they earn 8.13% less than the national average, earning $45,645 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Memphies936/
Mempis921/
Menphis863/
Memphes861/
Mempies861/
Mempi835/
Mampis7762/
Memfis7756/
Mempei779/
Mempit778/
Mempeh772/
Memphy771/
Mempes770/
Mmpi731/
Mampies71120/
Menphai7123/
Muempai713/
Mempait711/
Memphey710/
Mempher710/
Mevis67715/
Mempe67479/
Mebis67174/
Muenphai6753/
Mimpi6753/
Mempa6740/
Mveis6728/
Mbeis672/
Mbhis671/
Memphfer670/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Memphis
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis