Sarifou Surname
Approximately 126 people bear this surname
Sarifou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 98 | 1:195,837 | 6,671 |
| Ivory Coast | 22 | 1:1,048,692 | 25,281 |
| Benin | 4 | 1:2,583,900 | 73,293 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
Sarifou (442) may also be a first name.
Sarifou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sarifou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sarifou is held by more people in Niger than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Sarifou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sarifou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,604,449th most numerous family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 57,837,666 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Sarifou live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 78 percent live in Chadic Africa. Sarifou is also the 407,699th most commonly held first name in the world. It is borne by 442 people.
The last name is most widespread in Niger, where it is carried by 98 people, or 1 in 195,837. In Niger Sarifou is most common in: Zinder Region, where 51 percent live, Diffa Region, where 39 percent live and Tillabéri Region, where 10 percent live. Outside of Niger this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 17 percent live and Benin, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sareifou | 93 | 1 | / |
| Sarifoue | 93 | 1 | / |
| Sarifu | 92 | 205 | / |
| Sarifo | 92 | 37 | / |
| Sharifu | 86 | 4,724 | / |
| Sharifo | 86 | 320 | / |
| Sariffu | 86 | 2 | / |
| Zarifou | 86 | 1 | / |
| Charifou | 80 | 59 | / |
| Sharifud | 80 | 18 | / |
| Shariffu | 80 | 5 | / |
| Sharrifu | 80 | 3 | / |
| Sharifot | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sharifhu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sharifoi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sharifuj | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sahriffu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sariffud | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sarifudd | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sarifa | 77 | 2,932 | / |
| Sarefo | 77 | 228 | / |
| Sarefu | 77 | 52 | / |
| Zarifu | 77 | 7 | / |
| Şarifo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Chariffou | 75 | 15 | / |
| Sharifudd | 75 | 6 | / |
| Shariffud | 75 | 5 | / |
| Sharriffu | 75 | 2 | / |
| Sharifa | 71 | 11,115 | / |
| Sarifah | 71 | 6,142 | / |
| Saroifa | 71 | 344 | / |
| Charifo | 71 | 43 | / |
| Sarifha | 71 | 22 | / |
| Sarifat | 71 | 19 | / |
| Sarifas | 71 | 18 | / |
| Sarifee | 71 | 11 | / |
| Shariffudd | 71 | 8 | / |
| Sharefu | 71 | 5 | / |
| Sahrifa | 71 | 5 | / |
| Sarifaa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sariphu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sharifat | 67 | 7,431 | / |
| Sharifah | 67 | 452 | / |
| Sharifad | 67 | 280 | / |
| Sariphut | 67 | 234 | / |
| Sharifai | 67 | 90 | / |
| Sharifie | 67 | 65 | / |
| Sharifee | 67 | 23 | / |
| Shariefa | 67 | 14 | / |
| Shariffa | 67 | 13 | / |
| Sharifas | 67 | 11 | / |
| Sharifha | 67 | 11 | / |
| Charefou | 67 | 5 | / |
| Sariphot | 67 | 5 | / |
| Saharifa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Sariffee | 67 | 3 | / |
| Sharifaa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Saraifat | 67 | 2 | / |
| Sharifay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Saarifah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shahrifa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zarifujh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sarifaah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sarifiya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sharifae | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ssharifa | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Sarifou
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