Serife Surname

3,485,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Belgium

Serife Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Serife Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia201:6,612,460283,723
Belgium71:1,642,37898,400
England31:18,572,686338,250
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

The alternate forms: Šerife (12) & Şerife (1) are calculated separately.

Serife (2,057) may also be a first name.

Serife Last Name Facts

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

Serife has its highest incidence in Indonesia. It may also appear in the variant forms: Šerife or Şerife. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Serife? popularity and diffusion

The surname Serife is the 3,485,539th most widely held last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 63 percent of Serife are found; 63 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 63 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 166,266th most frequently used given name worldwide, held by 2,057 people.

The surname is most prevalent in Indonesia, where it is held by 20 people, or 1 in 6,612,460. In Indonesia it is mostly concentrated in: Papua, where 100 percent are found. Other than Indonesia Serife occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 22 percent are found and England, where 9 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Šerife9412/
Şerife941/
Sherife921,490/
Serif911,394/
Sheriffe86230/
Sherrife8616/
Sherifhe8610/
Sherifee865/
Sherifer861/
Sherif83317,300/
Zerife831,290/
Serifi83967/
Serifa83190/
Seriff83158/
Sarife8391/
Seriev8347/
Serafe8322/
Sirife8312/
Serief835/
Serrif835/
Serefe835/
Xerife834/
Serift833/
Serify833/
Cerife831/
Sorife831/
Sierif831/
Scerif831/
Sherriffe80125/
Sheriffie801/
Scherifer800/
Sheriff77131,958/
Sherief776,833/
Sherifi773,229/
Sherifa773,113/
Sheriev771,501/
Shereif771,236/
Sherrif77972/
Sharife77446/
Serifis77249/
Sheraif77240/
Cherife77114/
Sherefe7716/
Sheerif7715/
Seirafe7714/
Jeriffe7714/
Scherif7713/
Shearif7711/
Sarifee7711/
Sheyrif778/
Seeriff776/
Sgeriff776/
Sherift775/
Sheirif775/
Seerift773/
Sceriff772/
Sherifs772/
Sehriff772/
Serifih772/
Sariefe772/
Serafea772/
Shirife772/
Shorife771/
Shherif771/
Sereiff771/
Sieriff771/
Seriffa771/
Seriffi771/
Sherifh771/
Sherafe771/
Sariffe771/
Searafe771/
Sergiff771/
Serieyf771/
Serifio771/
Zergife771/
Shetrif771/
Shehrif771/
Serafee770/
Serrief770/
Seroifs770/
Serriff770/
Sherriffee754/
Sherrieffe752/
Serib731,140/
Şerif73585/
Zerif73318/
Serew73131/
Seref7398/
Sereb7376/
Šerif7374/
Serev7367/
Sirif7350/
Syrif734/
Seriw734/
Cerif733/
Seriv731/
Sherriff716,792/
Sherifaj71368/
Sheriffy71240/
Scheriff71227/
Sherieff71116/
Sheriffs7191/
Sharifie7165/
Sharifeh7129/
Sharifee7123/
Cheriffe7118/
Sherrief7117/
Sheriffa7111/
Sheriffi7111/
Serifova719/
Serefeas717/
Sheiriev717/
Sheariff716/
Sherifff716/
Sherrifs715/
Scherief715/
Sheraiff715/
Shariffe714/
Sheraifi713/
Sariffee713/
Sheeriff712/
Shheriff712/
Sherifay712/
Scherrif712/
Jerriffe712/
Scherifi712/
Schereiffer712/
Shereefe711/
Shereiff711/
Sheroiff711/
Sherrisf711/
Shearift711/
Sheiriff711/
Shaerifi711/
Shahrife711/
Sheriphe711/
Shesrifi711/
Sherrifi711/
Shehriev711/
Sheirifa711/
Shearifi711/
Sierifis711/
Seherifi711/
Sherafee711/
Serraifi711/
Sherefed711/
Shiriffe711/
Cherif67140,757/
Sheref675,889/
Zerefe672,254/
Šerifi671,933/
Zerifi671,921/
Sherifova67630/
Sherriffs67545/
Sirifi67383/
Zarife67370/
Sarifi67323/
Zeraif67281/
Shirif67268/
Sherib67227/
Sergev67209/
Sereva67167/
Syrief67161/
Zerrif67143/
Sereev6796/
Siriev6789/
Sereef6784/
Sarefe6767/
Sherev6752/
Seriph6735/
Sereff6734/
Şerifi6733/
Serhev6722/
Serefi6721/
Seiref6719/
Shereb6717/
Sayrif6713/
Serefa6712/
Sheryf6712/
Sherrieff6711/
Sieref6710/
Shariefee678/
Sirifa675/
Serreb675/
Sheriffai675/
Sereuw674/
Sheriv674/
Sherroufe673/
Gerifi673/
Sirafe673/
Zerify673/
Serebh673/
Sherreiff672/
Seriov672/
Cyrife672/
Soirif672/
Šerifa672/
Sereib672/
Sherifych671/
Sergiv671/
Zerifa671/
Sereaf671/
Sereeb671/
Shearafee671/
Syriev671/
Zorife671/
Zearif671/
Şeriff671/
Shariefie671/
Seyref671/
Siroif671/
Shärif671/
Scherriff671/
Sehref671/
Sereph671/
Cirife671/
Syrafe671/
Cerifi671/
Sheripher671/
Sisrif671/
Sirufe671/
Syraif671/
Searev670/
Serews670/

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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 Serife
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