Zilpah Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Israel

Zilpah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Zilpah Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria91:19,682,529291,344
Kenya61:7,696,65052,907
Israel51:1,711,52784,568

Zilpah (1,260) may also be a first name.

Display Statistics on:
  • Religious Adherence in:
    Kenya

Zilpah Demographics

Zilpah Religious Adherence
in Kenya

Sample size: 3 (2018)

Religious Adherence
in Kenya

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Zilpah Last Name Facts

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

The surname Zilpah is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of Zilpah click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Zilpah? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,427,875th most numerous family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 75 percent of Zilpah reside; 45 percent reside in West Africa and 45 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Zilpah is also the 222,372nd most commonly used first name world-wide, held by 1,260 people.

Zilpah is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 19,682,529. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Rivers, where 89 percent are found and Kano, where 11 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 30 percent are found and Israel, where 25 percent are found.

Zilpah Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Zilpah surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Zilpa9141/
Zilpha838,834/
Zelpah831/
Cilpa73314/
Zelpa734/
Zilpo731/
Chilpa67463/
Zelpha675/
Chillpa62209/
Chilpay624/
Celpa55223/
Zelpo5524/
Cêlpa552/
Chelpa5091/
Tselpa503/
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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 Zilpah
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