Truphosa Surname

2,506,728th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 59 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Truphosa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Truphosa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya571:810,17431,920
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Truphosa (1,416) may also be a first name.

Truphosa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Truphosa is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Truphosa? popularity and diffusion

Truphosa is the 2,506,728th most frequently occurring last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 123,517,727 people. The surname Truphosa is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Truphosa live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 93 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 207,519th most frequently occurring first name globally. It is borne by 1,416 people.

The surname is most numerous in Kenya, where it is held by 57 people, or 1 in 810,174. In Kenya Truphosa is mostly concentrated in: Vihiga County, where 95 percent are found, Bungoma County, where 2 percent are found and Kisii County, where 2 percent are found. Beside Kenya this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 2 percent are found and The United States, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Truphosah944/
Truposa931/
Thruphosah891/
Triphosa887/
Truphose881/
Truposah881/
Truphoser821/
Triposa8024/
Trufosah751/
Triphasai7197/
Trifosa6742/
Trufoza671/
Tripasai634/
Trupasso633/
Trifoso5359/
Trifessa501/

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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 Truphosa
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