Zéphir Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Mauritius

Zéphir Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zéphir Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France71:9,488,960336,266
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Mauritius21:646,70813,517
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Zephir (4,900) are calculated separately.

Zéphir Last Name Facts

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

Zéphir is found most frequently in France. It may also be rendered as: Zephir. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Zéphir? popularity and diffusion

The last name Zéphir is the 4,908,606th most frequently held surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. Zéphir is primarily found in Europe, where 50 percent of Zéphir live; 38 percent live in Western Europe and 38 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

This surname is most widely held in France, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 9,488,960. In France it is most numerous in: Île-de-France, where 71 percent are found, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 14 percent are found and Martinique, where 14 percent are found. Other than France Zéphir occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 13 percent are found and Mauritius, where 13 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Zephir944,900/
Zéphyr833/
Ziphir831/
Zephier77382/
Zephire777/
Zeephir771/
Zipir73330/
Zephyr672,341/
Zepher6760/
Zypher678/
Sephir676/
Zhipre671/
Zehpir671/
Zipher671/
Ziphyr671/

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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 Zéphir
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