Sarifa Surname
Approximately 2,932 people bear this surname
Sarifa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 1,983 | 1:80,361 | 3,747 |
| Indonesia | 484 | 1:273,242 | 24,660 |
| India | 210 | 1:3,652,692 | 102,297 |
| Philippines | 173 | 1:585,192 | 64,333 |
| Cameroon | 25 | 1:830,763 | 57,125 |
| Niger | 16 | 1:1,199,501 | 25,520 |
| Zimbabwe | 11 | 1:1,403,476 | 76,064 |
| Iran | 8 | 1:9,597,816 | 173,045 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
Sarifa (45,925) may also be a first name.
Sarifa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sarifa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sarifa (Bengali: সরিফা, Hindi: सरीफा, Marathi: सरीफा, Oriya: ସରିଫା) occurs in Bangladesh more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sarifa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sarifa is the 150,438th most frequently used family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 2,485,520 people. The surname Sarifa occurs mostly in Asia, where 97 percent of Sarifa reside; 75 percent reside in South Asia and 68 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 19,844th most widespread first name globally, held by 45,925 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Bangladesh, where it is held by 1,983 people, or 1 in 80,361. Aside from Bangladesh this surname exists in 20 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 17 percent reside and India, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sarifa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sarifa in the Bengali language | ||
| সরিফা | saripha | 91.57 |
| শরিফা | saripha | 2.41 |
| সরীফা | saripha | 2.41 |
| শরীফা | saripha | 1.2 |
| সারিফা | saripha | 1.2 |
| সরিফুা | sariphua | 1.2 |
| Sarifa in the Hindi language | ||
| सरीफा | saripha | 89.63 |
| सरिफा | saripha | 6.11 |
| सारिफा | saripha | 2.98 |
| शरीफा | saripha | 0.57 |
| सरीफ | saripha | 0.43 |
| सारीफा | saripha | 0.28 |
| Sarifa in the Marathi language | ||
| सरीफा | saripha | 86.67 |
| सारीफा | saripha | 5.48 |
| शरीफा | saripha | 2.62 |
| अन्सारी | ansari | 0.71 |
| िसराज | isaraja | 0.48 |
| शरीफ | saripha | 0.48 |
| सारीका | sarika | 0.24 |
| शरीफ़ा | sarifa | 0.24 |
| सािरका | sairaka | 0.24 |
| सािदक | saidaka | 0.24 |
| Sarifa in the Oriya language | ||
| ସରିଫା | saripha | 80.33 |
| ସାରିଫା | saripha | 14.75 |
| ସରିଫୀ | sariphi | 1.64 |
| ସାରୀଫା | saripha | 1.64 |
| ସରୀଫା | saripha | 1.64 |
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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 Sarifa
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