Seromo Surname

737,137th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 392 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Botswana

Seromo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Seromo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa3151:171,99319,060
Botswana391:56,07510,323
Lesotho341:59,7818,665
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Seromo (328) may also be a first name.

Seromo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Seromo is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Seromo? popularity and diffusion

It is the 737,137th most frequently occurring family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 18,590,678 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Seromo are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Seromo is also the 484,112th most commonly used given name worldwide. It is borne by 328 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 315 people, or 1 in 171,993. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Gauteng, where 61 percent reside, North West, where 13 percent reside and Free State, where 9 percent reside. Barring South Africa it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Botswana, where 10 percent reside and Lesotho, where 9 percent reside.

Seromo Last Name Statistics demography

Seromo earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 26.57% less than the national average, earning R 174,492 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Seromot92116/
Serromo920/
Geromo833,000/
Seroma83633/
Seremo83497/
Saromo83405/
Soromo8370/
Jeromo8323/
Seramo8315/
Siromo832/
Zeromo831/
Serumo831/
Soromou772,028/
Searamo7761/
Serramo7742/
Sheroma7739/
Saromou7733/
Serouma7725/
Jeromos7724/
Sharomo7722/
Shoromo7715/
Shiromo777/
Seeroma775/
Seromaa774/
Geroimo773/
Geromos772/
Cheromo772/
Seremou771/
Geroymo771/
Jerommo771/
Soroumo771/
Soromoh771/
Geromou771/
Seiramo771/
Sieroma771/
Seramos771/
Gerromo770/
Cheromoi71108/
Serramos719/
Cheromoy717/
Sierosma714/
Geromoux711/
Seeramoj711/
Siergamo711/
Jerohymo711/
Siroma67585/
Serema67517/
Zeremo67410/
Siremo67362/
Serama67296/
Saramo67280/
Saremo67206/
Soroma67192/
Seruma67191/
Saroma67187/
Jeroma67118/
Zeramo67110/
Geroma6796/
Ceroma6787/
Zaromo6761/
Siramo6739/
Syroma6731/
Soramo6730/
Ciromo6728/
Geramo6722/
Schetroma6721/
Jeramo6716/
Sirumo6715/
Zoromo6711/
Giromo675/
Söremo674/
Soremo672/
Djeroumou671/
Ceramo671/
Ziromo671/
Zeroma670/

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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 Seromo
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