Seriff Surname
Approximately 158 people bear this surname
Seriff Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 103 | 1:1,719,833 | 63,088 |
| United States | 46 | 1:7,879,542 | 351,394 |
| Liberia | 3 | 1:1,469,512 | 38,766 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
The alternate forms: Şeriff (1) are calculated separately.
Seriff (817) may also be a first name.
Seriff Demographics
Average Seriff Salary in
United States
$40,382 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Seriff Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Seriff Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Seriff is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Şeriff. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Seriff? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,385,851st most frequently occurring surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 46,123,708 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 68 percent of Seriff reside; 67 percent reside in West Africa and 65 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Seriff is also the 285,953rd most frequent first name in the world, held by 817 people.
The last name Seriff is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 103 people, or 1 in 1,719,833. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Oyo, where 41 percent are found, Osun, where 24 percent are found and Yobe, where 16 percent are found. Barring Nigeria this surname is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 29 percent are found and Liberia, where 2 percent are found.
Seriff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Seriff has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Seriff last name expanded 767 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Seriff Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Seriff are 13.44% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 66.67% being registered with the party.
Seriff earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 6.41% less than the national average, earning $40,382 USD per year.
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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 Seriff
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