Zephaniah Surname

234,022nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,722 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Israel

Zephaniah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zephaniah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria9011:196,60711,818
Israel4621:18,5232,762
Malawi1831:93,54711,397
Kenya781:592,05027,720
Tanzania381:1,393,20046,897
Guyana221:34,6463,602
India111:69,733,217610,955
Papua New Guinea61:1,358,953118,663
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Uganda41:9,759,820144,676
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
England11:55,718,059489,080
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Barbados11:287,4482,772
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Zephaniah (6,653) may also be a first name.

Zephaniah Last Name Facts

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

The surname Zephaniah occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Zephaniah? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 234,022nd most frequent surname globally It is held by around 1 in 4,232,024 people. The last name Zephaniah occurs mostly in Africa, where 70 percent of Zephaniah are found; 52 percent are found in West Africa and 52 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Zephaniah is also the 80,172nd most frequently occurring given name world-wide, borne by 6,653 people.

The surname Zephaniah is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 901 people, or 1 in 196,607. In Nigeria Zephaniah is mostly found in: Adamawa, where 21 percent live, Taraba, where 17 percent live and Kaduna, where 10 percent live. Beside Nigeria this surname is found in 20 countries. It is also found in Israel, where 27 percent live and Malawi, where 11 percent live.

Zephaniah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Zephaniah has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Zephaniah surname increased 125 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Zephaniah Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Zephaniah earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 13.12% more than the national average, earning $48,812 USD per year.

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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 Zephaniah
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