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

Zepherine is found in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Zepherine.

How Common Is The Last Name Zepherine? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,491,356th most frequently held family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 51,684,723 people. The last name Zepherine occurs predominantly in Africa, where 90 percent of Zepherine are found; 88 percent are found in East Africa and 88 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Zepherine is also the 310,909th most frequent given name worldwide. It is borne by 706 people.

It is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is carried by 124 people, or 1 in 426,948. In Tanzania Zepherine is most common in: Mwanza Region, where 88 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 7 percent live and Shinyanga Region, where 3 percent live. Without taking into account Tanzania Zepherine occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Grenada, where 5 percent live and Cameroon, where 1 percent live.

Zepherine Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Zepherine has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname decreased 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
  • 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 Zepherine
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