Serafiev Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bulgaria
Highest density in:
Bulgaria

Serafiev Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Serafiev Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bulgaria181:387,71718,370
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228

Serafiev Last Name Facts

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

The surname Serafiev (Russian: Серафиев) is carried by more people in Bulgaria than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Serafiev.

How Common Is The Last Name Serafiev? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,532,898th most numerous last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Serafiev reside; 95 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 95 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.

The surname Serafiev is most frequently occurring in Bulgaria, where it is carried by 18 people, or 1 in 387,717. In Bulgaria it is most prevalent in: Pazardzhik Province, where 78 percent are found and Sofia City Province, where 22 percent are found. Aside from Bulgaria this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Belarus, where 5 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sherafiev9427/
Sarafiev8820/
Serafiew882/
Sharafiev822,603/
Sherafeev823/
Serafiw801/
Zarafiev756/
Sarafeev752/
Sharafev752/
Sharafiv751/
Sharafeev711,670/
Sharafyev7118/
Sharofiev711/
Zarafeev632/
Saraphiv631/
Seraphiff595/
Sharofyev591/
Sarofeev501/
Sarophiv501/

Serafiev Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Serafiev in the Russian language
Серафиевserafiev-

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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 Serafiev
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