Zepherine Surname

1,491,356th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 141 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Grenada

Zepherine Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zepherine Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1241:426,94829,878
Grenada71:15,505950
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Saint Lucia21:89,3902,918
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Guyana11:762,22114,420
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Zepherine (706) may also be a first name.

Zepherine Last Name Facts

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

The surname Zepherine is found in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Zepherine? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,491,356th most frequently used surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 51,684,723 people. The last name Zepherine is mostly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Zepherine reside; 88 percent reside in East Africa and 88 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Zepherine is also the 310,909th most commonly used first name globally, borne by 706 people.

Zepherine is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is carried by 124 people, or 1 in 426,948. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Mwanza Region, where 88 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 7 percent reside and Shinyanga Region, where 3 percent reside. Aside from Tanzania Zepherine is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Grenada, where 5 percent reside and Cameroon, where 1 percent reside.

Zepherine Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Zepherine has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Zepherine last name declined 33 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Zephyrine89187/
Zepharine8910/
Sepherine894/
Zephirine893/
Ceperine821/
Zeferine821/
Sepharine784/
Zephyrene781/
Seperiene781/
Zéphirine781/
Gephyrine781/
Zeferini7120/
Jeferine712/
Zaperini711/
Seferine710/
Zefferini67226/
Sopharine674/
Sepehrain672/
Seferiene671/

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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
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  • 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 Zepherine
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