Sarefa Surname
Approximately 47 people bear this surname
Sarefa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 44 | 1:17,433,304 | 271,013 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Sarefa (578) may also be a first name.
Sarefa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sarefa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sarefa (Hindi: सरेफा, Marathi: सारेफा) is more frequently found in India than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sarefa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sarefa is the 2,843,861st most prevalent family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 155,054,168 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Sarefa are found; 98 percent are found in South Asia and 94 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Sarefa is also the 348,378th most frequent first name at a global level It is held by 578 people.
It is most commonly held in India, where it is borne by 44 people, or 1 in 17,433,304. In India it is most common in: Bihar, where 93 percent live and West Bengal, where 7 percent live. Other than India this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Bangladesh, where 2 percent live and Nigeria, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sarefa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sarefa in the Marathi language | ||
| सारेफा | sarepha | 50 |
| सारेफााक | sarephaaka | 25 |
| सारेका | sareka | 25 |
| Sarefa in the Hindi language | ||
| सरेफा | sarepha | 40 |
| सारेफा | sarepha | 40 |
| सरीफा | saripha | 20 |
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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 Sarefa
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