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 most common in Algeria. It can also occur as: Šeraf or Séraf. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Seraf? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 615,220th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 14,546,000 people. The last name Seraf occurs mostly 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 frequently held forename on earth It is held by 423 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Algeria, where it is carried by 451 people, or 1 in 85,658. In Algeria it is mostly found in: Algiers Province, where 80 percent live, Bouïra Province, where 18 percent live and Tissemsilt Province, where 1 percent live. Other than Algeria Seraf occurs in 15 countries. It is also common in Taiwan, where 2 percent live and France, where 2 percent live.
Seraf Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Seraf has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Seraf last name increased 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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