Efraïm

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ɛfrɑim/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Efraïm is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Brazil than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • PHPhilippines≈1 in 32K(inferred from the name graph)
  • BRBrazil1 in 57K
  • USUnited States1 in 199K

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.

Brazil (measured from records)

3,712 people, 2022

Sources
172 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 16K (inferred from the name graph)

Sweden

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Efraim in US United States, BR Brazil, PH Philippines 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)

recorded in Swedish

Efraim är ett bibliskt namn av hebreiskt ursprung som anspelar på ’göra fruktsam, ge livsfrukt’. Efraim och Manasse var söner till Josef i Gamla testamentet. Den helige Efraim syriern (d. 373) är kyrkofader inom den syrisk-ortodoxa kyrkan. Efrem är en stavningsvariant.

Sources 3

  • Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon
  • Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,…
  • Nordic Names

Attested across 18 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Efraïm 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.

Where Efraïm is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
BR Brazil—3,7121 in 57K3.7KEfraim87
PH Philippines—≈3,400 est.≈1 in 32K—Efraim38
TZ Tanzania—≈3,200 est.≈1 in 18K—Efraim14
US United States—1,6681 in 199K1.7KEfraim172
AO Angola—≈790 est.≈1 in 41K—Efraim12
SE Sweden—6301 in 16K630Efraim17
FI Finland—1801 in 31K543—2
NI Nicaragua#839≈150 est.≈1 in 41K—Efraim4
CR Costa Rica#833921 in 55K92Efraim12

3,712 people counted by IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror), 2022. 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 — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names. 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).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Efraïm is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French given name7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Philippines, Congo - Kinshasa, United States

    Also written Efraim, Efraîm, Efraím, Efrai͏̈m

  • Hebrew given name6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Israel, United States, Philippines, India

    Also written אפריים, Efraim, Ėfraim, Èfraim, Efräim

  • Swahili given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Tanzania, Philippines, Kenya, United States

    Also written Efraim

  • Russian given name11 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Russia, Israel, Türkiye

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

    Also written Efraim, Ефраим, Èfraim, Ėfraim, Efraím

  • Hungarian given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Hungary, United States, Romania, Israel

    Also written Efraim

2 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalHallo Efraïm,Hi Efraïm, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 6 sources across 4 countries.

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Efraïm?
A machine transcription gives /ɛfrɑim/ (IPA) for Dutch.
Is Efraïm a male or female name?
Efraïm 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 Efraïm have the most bearers?
In Brazil, the national register counted about 3.7 thousand people named Efraïm, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled efraim.
Where is Efraïm most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Efraïm is densest in Sweden — about 1 in 16 thousand people — even though Brazil holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Efraïm?
In Brazil, the national register counted 3,712 people named Efraïm in 2022, about 1 in 57 thousand residents.
How common is Efraïm compared with other names?
In Costa Rica, Efraïm is the 833rd most common given name of 15,284 given names 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, “Efraïm” — the 833rd most common given name in Costa Rica. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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