Serem Surname
Approximately 13,796 people bear this surname
Serem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 13,358 | 1:3,457 | 532 |
| Brazil | 231 | 1:926,729 | 33,128 |
| Portugal | 66 | 1:157,852 | 6,835 |
| Papua New Guinea | 44 | 1:185,312 | 25,733 |
| Indonesia | 26 | 1:5,086,507 | 239,866 |
| United States | 19 | 1:19,076,786 | 604,894 |
| Uganda | 13 | 1:3,003,021 | 81,551 |
| Ukraine | 5 | 1:9,104,539 | 300,808 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
The alternate forms: Serém (47) & Şerem (28) are calculated separately.
Serem (1,131) may also be a first name.
Serem Demographics
Average Serem Salary in
United States
$23,650 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Serem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Serem Come From? nationality or country of origin
Serem (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﺮﻡ, Hindi: श्रेम) has its highest incidence in Kenya. It can also be found as: Serém or Şerem. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Serem? popularity and diffusion
Serem is the 38,154th most widespread last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 528,236 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Serem live; 97 percent live in East Africa and 81 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Serem is also the 236,787th most frequent first name globally. It is borne by 1,131 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is held by 13,358 people, or 1 in 3,457. In Kenya it is most prevalent in: Uasin Gishu County, where 36 percent are found, Nandi County, where 21 percent are found and Baringo County, where 8 percent are found. Excluding Kenya Serem occurs in 25 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 2 percent are found and Portugal, where 0 percent are found.
Serem Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Serem earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 45.19% less than the national average, earning $23,650 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Serem Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Serem in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﺮﻡ | srm | - |
| Serem in the Hindi language | ||
| श्रेम | srema | - |
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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 Serem
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