Thephilus Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Thephilus Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Thephilus Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria101:17,714,276277,641
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Thephilus (67) may also be a first name.

Thephilus Last Name Facts

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

Thephilus has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Thephilus? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 5,812,366th most commonly used surname in the world, held by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 91 percent of Thephilus reside; 91 percent reside in West Africa and 91 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,191,548th most numerous first name throughout the world It is held by 67 people.

The last name Thephilus is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 17,714,276. In Nigeria Thephilus is most prevalent in: Rivers, where 50 percent live, Ogun, where 30 percent live and Lagos, where 20 percent live. Not including Nigeria it occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 9 percent live.

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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 Thephilus
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