Cèphas
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Cèphas is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from Latin Cephas, from Ancient Greek Κηφᾶς (Kēphâs), from Aramaic כֵּיפָא/Classical Syriac ܟܐܦܐ (kēp̄ā, “stone, rock”).
- USUnited States1 in 182K(measured from records)
- JMJamaica≈1 in 48K
- GHGhana≈1 in 49K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 227 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 48K (inferred from the name graph)
≈16,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Jamaica, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Cephas in US United States, GB United Kingdom, NG Nigeria and 5 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
- LatinCephas(measured from records)
- Ancient GreekΚηφᾶςKēphâs(measured from records)
- Aramaicכֵּיפָא/Classical(measured from records)
Borrowed from Latin Cephas, from Ancient Greek Κηφᾶς (Kēphâs), from Aramaic כֵּיפָא/Classical Syriac ܟܐܦܐ (kēp̄ā, “stone, rock”).
Sources 1
Attested across 19 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Cèphas counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈16,000 est. | ≈1 in 85K | — | Cephas | 6 |
| NG Nigeria | — | ≈2,300 est. | ≈1 in 93K | — | Cephas | 35 |
| US United States | — | 1,826 | 1 in 182K | 1.8K | Cephas | 227 |
| GH Ghana | — | ≈610 est. | ≈1 in 49K | — | Cephas | 37 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈330 est. | ≈1 in 199K | — | Cephas | 59 |
| ZM Zambia | #693 | ≈130 est. | ≈1 in 132K | 8 | Cephas | 22 |
| AT Austria | — | ≈120 est. | ≈1 in 73K | — | Cephas | 1 |
| JM Jamaica | — | ≈59 est. | ≈1 in 48K | — | Cephas | 8 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; ECZ 2021 Councillor Elections — candidate results. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Cèphas mean, and where does it come from?
- Borrowed from Latin Cephas, from Ancient Greek Κηφᾶς (Kēphâs), from Aramaic כֵּיפָא/Classical Syriac ܟܐܦܐ (kēp̄ā, “stone, rock”). Recorded by Wiktionary.
- Is Cèphas a male or female name?
- Cèphas is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Cèphas have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 16 thousand people named Cèphas in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled cephas.
- How common is the name Cèphas?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,826 people named Cèphas in 2010, about 1 in 182 thousand residents.
- How common is Cèphas compared with other names?
- In Zambia, Cèphas is the 693rd most common surname of 16,584 surnames recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Cèphas” — the 693rd most common surname in Zambia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.