Sarafina Surname
Approximately 533 people bear this surname
Sarafina Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 184 | 1:250,978 | 17,076 |
| DR Congo | 178 | 1:415,054 | 34,837 |
| Indonesia | 59 | 1:2,241,512 | 136,522 |
| Uganda | 51 | 1:765,476 | 37,015 |
| Rwanda | 16 | 1:710,311 | 2,071 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| Tanzania | 6 | 1:8,823,602 | 72,091 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Burundi | 4 | 1:2,451,213 | 1,279 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 1:4,420,624 | 134,293 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Sarafina (37,344) may also be a first name.
Sarafina Demographics
Sarafina Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Sarafina Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sarafina Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sarafina (Hindi: सरफीना, Marathi: सरफीना, Oriya: ସରଫିନା, Russian: Сарафина) occurs most in Kenya. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sarafina? popularity and diffusion
It is the 586,691st most numerous surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 13,672,694 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 83 percent of Sarafina are found; 49 percent are found in East Africa and 33 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 23,516th most frequently occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 37,344 people.
Sarafina is most frequent in Kenya, where it is carried by 184 people, or 1 in 250,978. In Kenya Sarafina is mostly concentrated in: Samburu County, where 92 percent live, Tana River County, where 2 percent live and Bungoma County, where 1 percent live. Apart from Kenya this surname occurs in 22 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 33 percent live and Indonesia, where 11 percent live.
Sarafina Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Sarafina has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Sarafina surname fell 20 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Sarafina Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sarafina Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sarafina in the Marathi language | ||
| सरफीना | saraphina | - |
| Sarafina in the Hindi language | ||
| सरफीना | saraphina | 92.31 |
| सरफिना | saraphina | 7.69 |
| Sarafina in the Oriya language | ||
| ସରଫିନା | saraphina | 66.67 |
| ସାରାଫିନା | saraphina | 33.33 |
| Sarafina in the Russian language | ||
| Сарафина | sarafina | - |
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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 Sarafina
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