Serengeti Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Serengeti Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Serengeti Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania131:4,072,43252,852
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Serengeti Last Name Facts

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

Serengeti occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Serengeti.

How Common Is The Last Name Serengeti? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,908,606th most commonly held family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. The surname Serengeti is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Serengeti reside; 88 percent reside in East Africa and 88 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

This surname is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 4,072,432. In Tanzania Serengeti is mostly found in: Mwanza Region, where 69 percent live, Manyara Region, where 8 percent live and Mara Region, where 8 percent live. Besides Tanzania this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 6 percent live and Israel, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Serengete891/
Serengetes8412/
Serengetty841/
Siringeti782/
Chirengeti7446/
Serinsiti675/
Siringiti671/
Chirengete6335/
Serimsetty531/
Sirimshetti503/

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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 Serengeti
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