Sarifan Surname

699,651st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 421 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Guyana

Sarifan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sarifan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India2921:2,626,93682,479
Indonesia941:1,406,90696,143
Iraq261:1,346,98715,017
Guyana41:190,5559,777
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459

Sarifan (13,067) may also be a first name.

Sarifan Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sarifan Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Sarifan (Hindi: सरीफन, Marathi: सरीफन, Oriya: ସରିଫନ) occurs in India more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sarifan? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 699,651st most frequent last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 17,310,085 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Sarifan reside; 70 percent reside in South Asia and 69 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 51,104th most prevalent forename world-wide It is held by 13,067 people.

The last name is most widely held in India, where it is held by 292 people, or 1 in 2,626,936. In India Sarifan is mostly concentrated in: Bihar, where 71 percent reside, Jharkhand, where 14 percent reside and West Bengal, where 11 percent reside. Without taking into account India this surname occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 22 percent reside and Iraq, where 6 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Sarifan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sarifan in the Hindi language
सरीफनsariphana96.68
सरिफनsariphana1.78
शरीफनsariphana0.44
सरीफ़नsarifana0.27
सरीफानsariphana0.21
सरिफ़नsarifana0.21
सारीफनsariphana0.09
सरिफानsariphana0.06
जमिलाjamila0.03
सरीफणsariphana0.03
सरीफंsaripham0.03
शारीफनsariphana0.03
सरीफांsaripham0.03
सरिफ्नsariphna0.03
सारीफ़नsarifana0.03
शरीकनsarikana0.03
सारिफनsariphana0.03
Sarifan in the Marathi language
सरीफनsariphana80
सारीफनsariphana13.33
सारीsari6.67
Sarifan in the Oriya language
ସରିଫନsariphana75
ସରିଫନ୍sariphan20.83
ସରିଫାନsariphana4.17

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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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  • 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 Sarifan
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