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

The last name Thephilus is found most in Nigeria. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Thephilus? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,812,366th most commonly occurring surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 91 percent of Thephilus live; 91 percent live in West Africa and 91 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Thephilus is also the 1,191,548th most commonly held given name at a global level. It is borne by 67 people.

Thephilus is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 17,714,276. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Rivers, where 50 percent live, Ogun, where 30 percent live and Lagos, where 20 percent live. Not including Nigeria it exists in one country. It is also common 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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