Nephine Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Nephine Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nephine Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya31:15,393,30077,493
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Nephine (7) may also be a first name.

Nephine Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nephine is held by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Nephine? popularity and diffusion

Nephine is the 8,193,072nd most frequent family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 80 percent of Nephine are found; 60 percent are found in East Africa and 40 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Nephine is also the 4,548,448th most widely held first name world-wide, held by 7 people.

This surname is most frequent in Kenya, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 15,393,300. In Kenya Nephine is most frequent in: Bungoma County, where 33 percent live, Kisii County, where 33 percent live and Nairobi County, where 33 percent live. Besides Kenya Nephine is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 20 percent live and The United States, where 20 percent live.

Nephine Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Nephine has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Nephine surname decreased 86 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nephin92193/
Nepine928/
Naphine8665/
Nephane8626/
Netphin8623/
Nephune861/
Neapinea801/
Nepein77511/
Nepane77145/
Nepini7738/
Nephen777/
Napine772/
Nepain771/
Nefine771/
Netphinit7556/
Nepeina71446/
Naphini71235/
Nuiphin7183/
Nespini7145/
Netphen7138/
Naiphin7130/
Neaphen713/
Neepene713/
Nepaing711/
Nepheni711/
Nepinai711/
Nefiene711/
Niphain711/
Neupene711/
Neufine710/
Netpheng67101/
Hnepeune6762/
Netpinit672/
Niepiejn671/
Naphihni671/
Neupaune671/

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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 Nephine
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