Serifou Surname

109,544th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,248 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ivory Coast
Highest density in:
Ivory Coast

Serifou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Serifou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ivory Coast4,2331:5,450499
Burkina Faso101:1,835,21014,348
France41:16,605,680368,153
Benin11:10,335,602103,742

The alternate forms: Sérifou (1) are calculated separately.

Serifou (725) may also be a first name.

Serifou Last Name Facts

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

The surname Serifou is found in The Ivory Coast more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Sérifou. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Serifou? popularity and diffusion

The surname Serifou is the 109,544th most widespread last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 1,715,524 people. Serifou is mostly found in Africa, where 73 percent of Serifou reside; 73 percent reside in West Africa and 50 percent reside in Mande Africa. It is also the 306,386th most commonly occurring first name world-wide, held by 725 people.

The surname is most common in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 4,233 people, or 1 in 5,450. In The Ivory Coast it is mostly found in: Woroba District, where 44 percent are found, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 24 percent are found and Montagnes District, where 13 percent are found. Other than The Ivory Coast it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Burkina Faso, where 0 percent are found and France, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sérifou951/
Sherifou933/
Serifoue931/
Seriffou931/
Serrifou931/
Serifu92161/
Serifo922/
Sherifu86108/
Serefou8612/
Seriffu867/
Sherifo864/
Sirifou862/
Sehrifu861/
Serifos861/
Cerifou861/
Cherifou801,422/
Sheriffu805/
Sheerifu801/
Serifaut801/
Sherrifu801/
Sherifuh801/
Serifa77190/
Sirifo7710/
Zerifu7710/
Sirifu777/
Serefu773/
Zerifo771/
Šerifu771/
Cheriffou7547/
Sherifaju751/
Cherijfou751/
Sherriffo750/
Sherifa713,113/
Serifat71384/
Sherefu7136/
Zerefou719/
Shirifu712/
Sirifoj711/
Sherefo711/
Sirifus711/
Seriffa711/
Sherifat67541/
Sherifaj67368/
Sherifah67176/
Sheriffa6711/
Sherifee675/
Sherifay672/
Sirifudd671/
Chirifou671/
Cherefou671/
Sheirifa671/

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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 Serifou
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