Seraphine Surname

99,086th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,781 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Seychelles

Seraphine Surname User-submission:

From the Hebrew word, seraphim (שְׂרָפִים), plural of Seraph (שָׂרָף), signifying 'blazing angels'.

Seraphine Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo1,6901:43,7165,321
Chad9631:14,1141,774
Tanzania8941:59,2196,378
Cameroon6461:32,1504,334
United States1851:1,959,237126,399
France1481:448,80264,499
Mauritius811:15,9683,377
Seychelles761:1,216285
England111:5,065,278148,650
Brazil101:21,407,433350,627
Dominica101:7,589383
India101:76,706,538639,611
Kenya91:5,131,10045,516
Burundi91:1,089,428846
Nigeria61:29,523,793355,097
Saint Lucia51:35,7561,958
Madagascar41:5,912,4595,394
Rwanda41:2,841,2443,611
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Ivory Coast21:11,535,61661,806
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Montserrat11:4,947471
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Togo11:7,247,76812,049
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States131:3,862,976168,604

The alternate forms: Séraphine (3) are calculated separately.

Seraphine (106,683) may also be a first name.

Seraphine Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

From the Hebrew word, seraphim (שְׂרָפִים), plural of Seraph (שָׂרָף), signifying 'blazing angels'.

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Seraphine Last Name Facts

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

The last name Seraphine (Marathi: सरीफीन) is most common in The DR Congo. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Séraphine. Click here for other potential spellings of Seraphine.

How Common Is The Last Name Seraphine? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 99,086th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 1,524,272 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Seraphine reside; 48 percent reside in Central Africa and 44 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Seraphine is also the 9,608th most widely held given name in the world, borne by 106,683 people.

This surname is most commonly occurring in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 1,690 people, or 1 in 43,716. Not including The DR Congo it is found in 31 countries. It also occurs in Chad, where 20 percent live and Tanzania, where 19 percent live.

Seraphine Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Seraphine has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Seraphine surname grew 1,423 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Seraphine Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Seraphine last name are 8.79% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 55.56% being registered to vote for the party.

Seraphine earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 16.65% more than the national average, earning $50,335 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Seraphine Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Seraphine in the Marathi language
सरीफीनsariphina25
सेरािफनseraiphana25
सेराफीनseraphina25
सॅरोफीनserophina25

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