Serifou Surname
Approximately 4,248 people bear this surname
Serifou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 4,233 | 1:5,450 | 499 |
| Burkina Faso | 10 | 1:1,835,210 | 14,348 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
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 last name Serifou is found most frequently in The Ivory Coast. It can also occur as a variant: Sérifou. For other potential spellings of Serifou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Serifou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 109,544th most frequently occurring last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,715,524 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 73 percent of Serifou are found; 73 percent are found in West Africa and 50 percent are found in Mande Africa. It is also the 306,386th most frequently held first name world-wide, borne by 725 people.
Serifou is most frequently held in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 4,233 people, or 1 in 5,450. In The Ivory Coast Serifou is primarily found in: Woroba District, where 44 percent live, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 24 percent live and Montagnes District, where 13 percent live. Excluding The Ivory Coast Serifou is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Burkina Faso, where 0 percent live and France, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sérifou | 95 | 1 | / |
| Sherifou | 93 | 3 | / |
| Serifoue | 93 | 1 | / |
| Seriffou | 93 | 1 | / |
| Serrifou | 93 | 1 | / |
| Serifu | 92 | 161 | / |
| Serifo | 92 | 2 | / |
| Sherifu | 86 | 108 | / |
| Serefou | 86 | 12 | / |
| Seriffu | 86 | 7 | / |
| Sherifo | 86 | 4 | / |
| Sirifou | 86 | 2 | / |
| Sehrifu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Serifos | 86 | 1 | / |
| Cerifou | 86 | 1 | / |
| Cherifou | 80 | 1,422 | / |
| Sheriffu | 80 | 5 | / |
| Sheerifu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Serifaut | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sherrifu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sherifuh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Serifa | 77 | 190 | / |
| Sirifo | 77 | 10 | / |
| Zerifu | 77 | 10 | / |
| Sirifu | 77 | 7 | / |
| Serefu | 77 | 3 | / |
| Zerifo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Šerifu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Cheriffou | 75 | 47 | / |
| Sherifaju | 75 | 1 | / |
| Cherijfou | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sherriffo | 75 | 0 | / |
| Sherifa | 71 | 3,113 | / |
| Serifat | 71 | 384 | / |
| Sherefu | 71 | 36 | / |
| Zerefou | 71 | 9 | / |
| Shirifu | 71 | 2 | / |
| Sirifoj | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sherefo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sirifus | 71 | 1 | / |
| Seriffa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sherifat | 67 | 541 | / |
| Sherifaj | 67 | 368 | / |
| Sherifah | 67 | 176 | / |
| Sheriffa | 67 | 11 | / |
| Sherifee | 67 | 5 | / |
| Sherifay | 67 | 2 | / |
| Sirifudd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chirifou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cherefou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sheirifa | 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 Serifou
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