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 surname Serifou occurs most in The Ivory Coast. It can occur in the variant forms: Sérifou. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Serifou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 109,544th most numerous surname world-wide, borne by around 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 commonly used first name internationally It is held by 725 people.
The surname Serifou is most frequent in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 4,233 people, or 1 in 5,450. In The Ivory Coast it is mostly concentrated in: Woroba District, where 44 percent reside, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 24 percent reside and Montagnes District, where 13 percent reside. Beside The Ivory Coast this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Burkina Faso, where 0 percent reside and France, where 0 percent reside.
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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