Efrayim
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 6 countries · latest register: SSA, 2025
/efɾajim/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Efrayim is a male given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Romania than in any other country.
- TRTürkiye≈1 in 139K(inferred from the name graph)
- ILIsrael≈1 in 1.1Kas אפרים
- RORomania≈1 in 2Kas אפרים
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Efrayim itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Romania (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Record sources
- 99 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 139K (inferred from the name graph)
≈10,000 named אפרים, est.
recorded for this name
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Türkiye, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts
(measured from records)Locally spelled אפרים in IL Israel, US United States, RO Romania and 2 more and Ephraim in ET Ethiopia.
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
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Efrayim 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RO Romania | — | ≈10,000 est. | ≈1 in 2K | — | אפרים | 3 |
| ET Ethiopia | — | ≈7,700 est. | ≈1 in 14K | — | Ephraim | 3 |
| IL Israel | #110 | ≈7,700 est. | ≈1 in 1.1K | 1.9K | אפרים | 47 |
| US United States | — | 5,911as Ephraim | 1 in 56K | 5.9K | אפרים | 99 |
| LB Lebanon | — | ≈1,500 est. | ≈1 in 3.6K | — | אפרים | 3 |
| HU Hungary | — | ≈820 est. | ≈1 in 12K | — | אפרים | 4 |
| TR Türkiye | — | ≈590 est. | ≈1 in 139K | — | Efrayim | 13 |
| LV Latvia | — | ≈290 est. | ≈1 in 6.5K | — | Efrayim | 3 |
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: CBS Israel — Family names in Israel, 2017 ("שמות משפחה בישראל 2017"); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex. 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).
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Ephraim Taboryb. 1900ILIsraeli politician (1900–1957)
- Efraim Ilinb. 1912ILnot in their usual nameIsraeli tycoon and security expert
- Ephraim Katzirb. 1916ILIsraeli scientist, 4th President of Israel (1973–1978) - (born 1916-2009)
- Ephraim Halevyb. 1934ILIsraeli diplomat
- Ephraim Isaacb. 1936ETAmerican scholar
- Efi Arazib. 1937ILnot in their usual nameIsraeli technology entrepreneur (1937–2013)
- Ephraim Snehb. 1944ILIsraeli politician
- Ephraim Shamirb. 1951ILIsraeli singer and guitarist
- Efraim Karshb. 1953ILnot in their usual nameIsraeli-British historian (born 1953)
- Efraim Gurb. 1955ILnot in their usual nameIsraeli politician
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)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)8 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 6 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 10 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2023 | 8 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2012 | 7 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2020 | 6 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2010 | 6 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2009 | 5 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2004 | 5 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1999 | 5 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1988 | 5 | — |
Reference works 1
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
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 Efrayim?
- A machine transcription gives /efɾajim/ (IPA) for Turkish.
- Is Efrayim a male or female name?
- Efrayim 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 Efrayim have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 10 thousand people named אפרים in Romania, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Efrayim?
- In the United States, the national register counted 5,911 people named Ephraim in 2020, about 1 in 56 thousand residents.
- How common is Efrayim compared with other names?
- In Israel, Efrayim is the 110th most common given name of 107,303 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Efrayim?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/efrayimThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Efrayim” — the 110th most common given name in Israel. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.