Serif Surname
Approximately 1,394 people bear this surname
Serif Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | 668 | 1:16,587 | 2,302 |
| Nigeria | 234 | 1:757,020 | 34,256 |
| Ivory Coast | 94 | 1:245,439 | 9,826 |
| Romania | 63 | 1:318,696 | 28,224 |
| United States | 60 | 1:6,040,982 | 292,121 |
| Germany | 53 | 1:1,518,971 | 91,373 |
| Cambodia | 36 | 1:430,198 | 3,994 |
| Iraq | 31 | 1:1,129,731 | 13,630 |
| India | 23 | 1:33,350,669 | 396,143 |
| Sweden | 21 | 1:468,893 | 33,666 |
| Denmark | 16 | 1:352,795 | 24,706 |
| Malaysia | 12 | 1:2,457,852 | 95,442 |
| Canada | 8 | 1:4,605,699 | 220,704 |
| France | 8 | 1:8,302,840 | 321,660 |
| Senegal | 8 | 1:1,822,418 | 4,361 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| North Macedonia | 6 | 1:350,245 | 17,994 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Moldova | 2 | 1:1,780,684 | 55,103 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 1:1,861,869 | 14,990 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
The alternate forms: Şerif (585) & Šerif (74) are calculated separately.
Serif (3,319) may also be a first name.
Serif Demographics
Average Serif Salary in
United States
$53,503 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Serif Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Serif Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Serif (Arabic: سريف, Hindi: सेरिफ, Marathi: सेरीफ) is more commonly found in Greece than any other country or territory. It may be found as: Şerif or Šerif. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Serif? popularity and diffusion
The surname Serif is the 277,773rd most frequently held last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 5,227,795 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 62 percent of Serif are found; 49 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 48 percent are found in Helleno-Europe. It is also the 124,078th most frequently occurring first name internationally, held by 3,319 people.
This last name is most widespread in Greece, where it is held by 668 people, or 1 in 16,587. In Greece Serif is mostly concentrated in: East Macedonia and Thrace, where 91 percent reside, Central Macedonia, where 5 percent reside and Attica, where 4 percent reside. Outside of Greece this last name is found in 43 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 17 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 7 percent reside.
Serif Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Serif last name are 21.65% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 68.42% registered to vote for the party.
Serif earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 24% more than the national average, earning $53,503 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Serif Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Serif in the Hindi language | ||
| सेरिफ | seripha | - |
| Serif in the Marathi language | ||
| सेरीफ | seripha | - |
| Serif in the Arabic language | ||
| سريف | sryf | - |
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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 Serif
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