Serah Forename
9,693rd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 105,761 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Solomon Islands
Serah Forename Definition:
Se'-rah, lady of scent, song, the morning. The sister of the sons of Asher. Gen. xlvi. 17.
Serah Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 100% | 48,438 | 1:3,666 | 647 |
| Kenya | 100% | 25,299 | 1:1,830 | 343 |
| Papua New Guinea | 99% | 15,981 | 1:510 | 54 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 3,541 | 1:6,103 | 872 |
| Zambia | - | 2,835 | 1:5,593 | 753 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 2,453 | 1:237 | 33 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 1,678 | 1:153,733 | 15,866 |
| Malawi | 100% | 1,058 | 1:16,174 | 1,563 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1,034 | 1:253 | 40 |
| Ghana | 100% | 674 | 1:40,039 | 2,307 |
| South Africa | 98% | 474 | 1:115,048 | 8,886 |
| United States | 100% | 440 | 1:823,948 | 18,446 |
| Israel | 99% | 197 | 1:42,654 | 2,867 |
| Malaysia | 80% | 183 | 1:166,393 | 10,123 |
| India | 88% | 151 | 1:8,045,549 | 261,020 |
| Australia | - | 137 | 1:99,691 | 3,589 |
| DR Congo | 79% | 130 | 1:567,905 | 19,370 |
| England | 93% | 123 | 1:452,056 | 9,976 |
| Fiji | - | 115 | 1:7,760 | 1,571 |
| Liberia | 100% | 97 | 1:45,485 | 2,483 |
| Egypt | 100% | 87 | 1:1,056,333 | 18,582 |
| Uganda | 93% | 65 | 1:630,106 | 13,203 |
| Philippines | 93% | 65 | 1:1,630,915 | 38,369 |
| Zimbabwe | 94% | 62 | 1:248,771 | 14,053 |
| Benin | 100% | 48 | 1:220,330 | 10,092 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 40 | 1:178,800 | 11,813 |
| Iraq | 100% | 39 | 1:897,894 | 7,740 |
| Turkey | 79% | 28 | 1:2,778,632 | 16,815 |
| Jamaica | - | 21 | 1:137,297 | 5,200 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 20 | 1:68,071 | 5,456 |
| Qatar | 100% | 20 | 1:118,480 | 12,874 |
| Wales | 100% | 20 | 1:154,715 | 3,118 |
| Canada | - | 17 | 1:1,949,022 | 29,319 |
| Malta | - | 17 | 1:25,256 | 1,655 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 16 | 1:1,056,380 | 17,844 |
| Tanzania | 86% | 15 | 1:3,519,221 | 24,304 |
| Sweden | 100% | 10 | 1:985,791 | 19,730 |
| China | - | 10 | 1:136,605,578 | 66,281 |
| Sudan | - | 9 | 1:4,200,775 | 4,893 |
| Austria | 100% | 8 | 1:1,064,275 | 7,469 |
| Germany | 100% | 6 | 1:16,112,979 | 44,905 |
| Congo | 100% | 5 | 1:1,001,841 | 16,039 |
| Samoa | - | 4 | 1:48,798 | 712 |
| Singapore | - | 4 | 1:1,571,764 | 18,508 |
| South Korea | - | 4 | 1:1,386,105 | 20,690 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 4 | 1:48,589,420 | 158,924 |
| Taiwan | - | 4 | 1:5,942,420 | 87,370 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 4 | 1:12,808 | 1,787 |
| France | 100% | 4 | 1:16,617,585 | 41,065 |
| Ivory Coast | 50% | 4 | 1:5,768,983 | 76,946 |
| Namibia | - | 4 | 1:601,045 | 7,837 |
| Guinea | - | 3 | 1:3,952,882 | 6,312 |
| Japan | - | 3 | 1:42,662,019 | 63,122 |
| Cook Islands | - | 3 | 1:6,051 | 772 |
| Scotland | 100% | 3 | 1:1,783,455 | 14,297 |
| New Zealand | - | 3 | 1:1,512,015 | 11,267 |
| Senegal | - | 2 | 1:7,290,678 | 24,413 |
| Brazil | - | 2 | 1:107,118,077 | 571,487 |
| Thailand | 100% | 2 | 1:35,032,906 | 298,615 |
| Guyana | - | 2 | 1:381,631 | 18,312 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 2 | 1:88,908 | 5,280 |
| Russia | - | 2 | 1:72,116,852 | 125,484 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Suriname | 100% | 1 | 1:552,811 | 5,457 |
| Czechia | - | 1 | 1:10,656,162 | 11,509 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 1 | 1:8,213,496 | 36,387 |
| Denmark | - | 1 | 1:5,649,498 | 28,429 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| Chad | 100% | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Botswana | - | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| Belize | - | 1 | 1:354,309 | 7,663 |
| Belgium | 100% | 1 | 1:11,490,041 | 43,727 |
| Belarus | - | 1 | 1:9,482,384 | 20,892 |
| Anguilla | - | 1 | 1:13,255 | 1,687 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Kuwait | - | 1 | 1:3,785,264 | 15,388 |
| Nepal | - | 1 | 1:28,487,352 | 119,417 |
| Albania | 100% | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| New Caledonia | - | 1 | 1:270,164 | 3,221 |
| Niger | - | 1 | 1:19,183,994 | 77,442 |
| Lebanon | - | 1 | 1:5,627,571 | 19,299 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 1 | 1:54,668 | 1,803 |
| Norway | - | 1 | 1:5,132,329 | 37,513 |
| Oman | - | 1 | 1:4,108,667 | 12,526 |
| Spain | - | 1 | 1:46,529,965 | 35,592 |
| Palestine | 100% | 1 | 1:4,550,058 | 5,739 |
| Poland | - | 1 | 1:38,027,112 | 9,241 |
| Italy | 100% | 1 | 1:61,062,090 | 83,289 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1 | 1:30,812,565 | 27,537 |
| Hong Kong | - | 1 | 1:7,752,725 | 20,144 |
| Haiti | - | 1 | 1:10,726,953 | 41,696 |
The alternate forms: Sérah (14) & Sèrah (1) are calculated separately.
Serah (2,705) may also be a surname.
Serah Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Se'-rah, lady of scent, song, the morning. The sister of the sons of Asher. Gen. xlvi. 17.
— The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar
Meaning: the prince breathed.
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
Serah Forename Popularity
Serah Demographics
Serah Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Sample size: 478 (1901)
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