Seraf Surname
Approximately 501 people bear this surname
Seraf Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 451 | 1:85,658 | 13,273 |
| Taiwan | 12 | 1:1,953,729 | 12,642 |
| France | 9 | 1:7,380,302 | 306,885 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
The alternate forms: Šeraf (1) & Séraf (1) are calculated separately.
Seraf (423) may also be a first name.
Seraf Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Seraf Come From? nationality or country of origin
Seraf (Hindi: सेराफ, Marathi: सेरफ, Oriya: େସରାଫ, Russian: Сераф) is more frequently found in Algeria than any other country/territory. It may occur as: Šeraf or Séraf. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Seraf? popularity and diffusion
The surname Seraf is the 615,220th most frequently held last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 14,546,000 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 90 percent of Seraf reside; 90 percent reside in North Africa and 90 percent reside in Mahgreb. Seraf is also the 417,739th most commonly occurring first name at a global level, borne by 423 people.
This surname is most frequent in Algeria, where it is held by 451 people, or 1 in 85,658. In Algeria it is mostly found in: Algiers Province, where 80 percent are found, Bouïra Province, where 18 percent are found and Tissemsilt Province, where 1 percent are found. Besides Algeria Seraf exists in 15 countries. It also occurs in Taiwan, where 2 percent are found and France, where 2 percent are found.
Seraf Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Seraf has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Seraf surname expanded 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Seraf Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Seraf in the Oriya language | ||
| େସରାଫ | esarapha | - |
| Seraf in the Marathi language | ||
| सेरफ | serapha | - |
| Seraf in the Hindi language | ||
| सेराफ | serapha | 75 |
| सेरफ | serapha | 25 |
| Seraf in the Russian language | ||
| Сераф | seraf | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Seraf
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