Serifat Surname
Approximately 384 people bear this surname
Serifat Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 382 | 1:463,724 | 23,511 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Serifat (48,542) may also be a first name.
Serifat Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Serifat Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Serifat occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Serifat? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 748,537th most commonly occurring surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 18,977,984 people. The last name Serifat occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Serifat live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 18,994th most prevalent first name in the world, held by 48,542 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 382 people, or 1 in 463,724. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Oyo, where 25 percent reside, Osun, where 23 percent reside and Ogun, where 16 percent reside. Not including Nigeria Serifat is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sherifat | 93 | 541 | / |
| Serifaut | 93 | 1 | / |
| Serifa | 92 | 190 | / |
| Sheriffat | 88 | 3 | / |
| Sherrifat | 88 | 1 | / |
| Sherifa | 86 | 3,113 | / |
| Sarifat | 86 | 19 | / |
| Serefat | 86 | 1 | / |
| Sirifat | 86 | 1 | / |
| Seriffa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Sharifat | 80 | 7,431 | / |
| Sherifaj | 80 | 368 | / |
| Sherifah | 80 | 176 | / |
| Sheriffa | 80 | 11 | / |
| Shirifat | 80 | 5 | / |
| Sherifay | 80 | 2 | / |
| Saraifat | 80 | 2 | / |
| Cherifat | 80 | 2 | / |
| Sheirifa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sherufat | 80 | 1 | / |
| Serefa | 77 | 12 | / |
| Sirifa | 77 | 5 | / |
| Serifo | 77 | 2 | / |
| Šerifa | 77 | 2 | / |
| Zerifa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Seriophat | 75 | 176 | / |
| Sheriffai | 75 | 5 | / |
| Cherifate | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sheriffah | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sherefa | 71 | 11,433 | / |
| Serifou | 71 | 4,248 | / |
| Cherifa | 71 | 1,053 | / |
| Serefas | 71 | 83 | / |
| Zarifat | 71 | 7 | / |
| Shirifa | 71 | 6 | / |
| Sereefa | 71 | 5 | / |
| Sherifo | 71 | 4 | / |
| Serifos | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sierefa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Siriofa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sirifai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sharifahat | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sheryfa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Siriphat | 67 | 1,673 | / |
| Sharifad | 67 | 280 | / |
| Sariphat | 67 | 203 | / |
| Sherefay | 67 | 158 | / |
| Shereefa | 67 | 98 | / |
| Gerifaud | 67 | 28 | / |
| Seriphap | 67 | 10 | / |
| Cheriffa | 67 | 7 | / |
| Serefeas | 67 | 7 | / |
| Sherifou | 67 | 3 | / |
| Cheraifa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Cherrifa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Seriffou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Serrifou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jeriphat | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sharifot | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shereffa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sareefat | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shearefa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chearifa | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Serifat
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