Sephen Surname
Approximately 59 people bear this surname
Sephen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 36 | 1:4,920,632 | 129,434 |
| Israel | 6 | 1:1,426,272 | 75,466 |
| Liberia | 4 | 1:1,102,134 | 37,930 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 5 | 1:748,643 | 18,576 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Sephen (325) may also be a first name.
Sephen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sephen Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sephen (Oriya: େସେଫନ) is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sephen? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,506,728th most frequently occurring family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 123,517,727 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 80 percent of Sephen are found; 68 percent are found in West Africa and 61 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sephen is also the 486,495th most commonly occurring first name globally, borne by 325 people.
Sephen is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 36 people, or 1 in 4,920,632. In Nigeria Sephen is mostly concentrated in: Adamawa, where 33 percent live, Bayelsa, where 19 percent live and Kogi, where 19 percent live. Besides Nigeria this last name exists in 9 countries. It is also found in Israel, where 10 percent live and Liberia, where 7 percent live.
Sephen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Sephen has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Sephen last name fell 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sephen Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sephen in the Oriya language | ||
| େସେଫନ | esephana | - |
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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 Sephen
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