Sem Forename
23,125th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 38,125 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Cambodia
Highest density in:
Namibia
Sem Forename Definition:
Meaning: Greek for Shem.
Sem Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cambodia | 53% | 6,990 | 1:2,328 | 477 |
| Indonesia | 63% | 6,481 | 1:39,803 | 5,186 |
| Namibia | - | 4,266 | 1:564 | 103 |
| Egypt | 70% | 3,665 | 1:25,075 | 1,791 |
| India | 73% | 3,386 | 1:358,794 | 31,702 |
| Russia | 97% | 2,718 | 1:53,066 | 1,202 |
| Netherlands | 88% | 1,009 | 1:16,751 | 1,722 |
| Philippines | 96% | 942 | 1:112,537 | 6,061 |
| Papua New Guinea | 85% | 695 | 1:11,730 | 1,190 |
| Chad | 100% | 680 | 1:19,998 | 2,770 |
| Thailand | 87% | 678 | 1:103,342 | 8,643 |
| Malaysia | 70% | 529 | 1:57,561 | 4,584 |
| Congo | 87% | 502 | 1:9,978 | 1,282 |
| United States | 100% | 501 | 1:723,627 | 16,919 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 466 | 1:66,121 | 7,124 |
| Ghana | - | 393 | 1:68,667 | 3,308 |
| Kazakhstan | 85% | 363 | 1:48,889 | 2,007 |
| Mexico | 97% | 301 | 1:412,440 | 5,094 |
| Haiti | 100% | 245 | 1:43,783 | 2,997 |
| Uzbekistan | 83% | 233 | 1:132,131 | 3,534 |
| Mali | 100% | 221 | 1:76,822 | 3,384 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 205 | 1:360,135 | 13,694 |
| Suriname | - | 197 | 1:2,806 | 651 |
| Uganda | 98% | 156 | 1:262,544 | 8,063 |
| Morocco | - | 136 | 1:252,564 | 6,008 |
| Belarus | 84% | 130 | 1:72,941 | 802 |
| Malawi | 100% | 127 | 1:134,743 | 6,567 |
| Belgium | 100% | 117 | 1:98,205 | 3,417 |
| Italy | 84% | 113 | 1:540,372 | 5,628 |
| Peru | 97% | 92 | 1:345,559 | 7,157 |
| Ivory Coast | 86% | 89 | 1:259,280 | 11,930 |
| Brazil | - | 87 | 1:2,462,485 | 48,570 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 76 | 1:110,196 | 3,256 |
| South Africa | 85% | 64 | 1:852,073 | 34,333 |
| Germany | 77% | 62 | 1:1,559,321 | 10,087 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 55 | 1:959,788 | 19,463 |
| Benin | 100% | 53 | 1:199,544 | 9,504 |
| Azerbaijan | 94% | 50 | 1:192,859 | 6,277 |
| Spain | 100% | 48 | 1:969,374 | 8,577 |
| Sweden | 100% | 47 | 1:209,743 | 7,186 |
| England | 100% | 44 | 1:1,263,703 | 19,202 |
| Canada | 100% | 43 | 1:770,544 | 17,139 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 43 | 1:242,588 | 9,234 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 42 | 1:437,606 | 15,515 |
| Turkey | 67% | 41 | 1:1,897,603 | 13,856 |
| Norway | 100% | 40 | 1:128,308 | 3,796 |
| Armenia | 98% | 39 | 1:74,840 | 2,219 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 38 | 1:34,152 | 2,426 |
| Colombia | 100% | 36 | 1:1,327,192 | 13,380 |
| Ethiopia | - | 36 | 1:2,710,004 | 9,023 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 87% | 32 | 1:186,665 | 9,359 |
| France | 100% | 25 | 1:2,658,814 | 13,885 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 22 | 1:8,834,440 | 66,641 |
| Chile | 100% | 21 | 1:838,438 | 8,197 |
| China | - | 20 | 1:68,302,789 | 63,189 |
| Latvia | 100% | 20 | 1:100,782 | 1,905 |
| Albania | 100% | 18 | 1:169,254 | 9,529 |
| Cameroon | 91% | 18 | 1:1,200,584 | 30,105 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 18 | 1:264,886 | 5,347 |
| Honduras | 100% | 16 | 1:551,092 | 8,007 |
| Singapore | 67% | 16 | 1:392,941 | 10,341 |
| Ukraine | 60% | 16 | 1:2,843,744 | 6,272 |
| Nigeria | 94% | 15 | 1:11,837,624 | 127,959 |
| Estonia | 100% | 14 | 1:93,956 | 4,008 |
| Switzerland | 89% | 14 | 1:586,678 | 8,730 |
| Australia | - | 13 | 1:1,050,586 | 12,238 |
| Georgia | 86% | 13 | 1:287,574 | 6,675 |
| Greece | 100% | 13 | 1:841,119 | 8,698 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 13 | 1:2,323,223 | 39,208 |
| Argentina | 100% | 10 | 1:4,277,324 | 11,519 |
| Finland | 100% | 10 | 1:548,318 | 6,147 |
| Gabon | 100% | 9 | 1:209,260 | 2,118 |
| Togo | - | 9 | 1:804,360 | 4,738 |
| Tunisia | - | 9 | 1:75,211 | 3,284 |
| Israel | - | 7 | 1:1,200,417 | 15,461 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 7 | 1:859,762 | 11,907 |
| Panama | - | 7 | 1:558,080 | 14,722 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 7 | 1:3,395,669 | 64,613 |
| Ecuador | - | 6 | 1:2,954,486 | 13,743 |
| Nepal | 100% | 6 | 1:4,747,892 | 50,788 |
| Denmark | - | 5 | 1:1,129,900 | 12,942 |
| El Salvador | - | 5 | 1:1,268,357 | 7,255 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 5 | 1:3,221,686 | 6,935 |
| Qatar | - | 5 | 1:473,921 | 38,106 |
| South Korea | 67% | 5 | 1:1,108,884 | 18,705 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 4 | 1:8,155,879 | 35,337 |
| Bangladesh | - | 4 | 1:39,865,342 | 24,379 |
| Botswana | - | 4 | 1:546,112 | 13,807 |
| Central African Republic | - | 4 | 1:1,128,848 | 698 |
| Fiji | - | 4 | 1:223,094 | 2,508 |
| Moldova | - | 4 | 1:890,285 | 4,314 |
| Poland | 61% | 4 | 1:9,506,778 | 5,827 |
| Romania | - | 4 | 1:5,012,994 | 31,756 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 4 | 1:1,368,218 | 2,487 |
| Czechia | 79% | 3 | 1:3,552,054 | 6,491 |
| Kenya | 100% | 3 | 1:15,435,703 | 51,312 |
| Vietnam | 67% | 3 | 1:30,874,371 | 5,995 |
| Zambia | - | 3 | 1:5,284,931 | 37,895 |
| Zimbabwe | 67% | 3 | 1:5,141,272 | 76,754 |
| Bulgaria | - | 2 | 1:3,495,195 | 19,668 |
| Iran | - | 2 | 1:39,248,434 | 50,459 |
| Jamaica | - | 2 | 1:1,441,614 | 15,741 |
| Japan | - | 2 | 1:63,993,028 | 72,606 |
| Liberia | 100% | 2 | 1:2,206,030 | 27,695 |
| North Macedonia | - | 2 | 1:1,045,378 | 12,250 |
| Oman | - | 2 | 1:2,054,334 | 8,531 |
| Scotland | - | 2 | 1:2,675,183 | 18,328 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 2 | 1:3,575,996 | 76,635 |
| Ireland | - | 1 | 1:4,643,519 | 13,375 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 1 | 1:243,422 | 3,525 |
| Algeria | 100% | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Austria | - | 1 | 1:8,514,201 | 19,377 |
| Bhutan | 100% | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Croatia | 100% | 1 | 1:4,217,076 | 20,943 |
| Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:49,127 | 2,467 |
| Greenland | - | 1 | 1:56,371 | 1,395 |
| Guinea | - | 1 | 1:11,858,647 | 7,978 |
| Hong Kong | - | 1 | 1:7,752,725 | 20,144 |
| Hungary | 100% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Jordan | - | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Kosovo | - | 1 | 1:1,861,440 | 22,170 |
| Kuwait | - | 1 | 1:3,785,264 | 15,388 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Lebanon | - | 1 | 1:5,627,571 | 19,299 |
| Lesotho | - | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
| Monaco | - | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| New Caledonia | - | 1 | 1:270,164 | 3,221 |
| New Zealand | - | 1 | 1:4,536,044 | 17,392 |
| Paraguay | - | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 1 | 1:177,815 | 8,104 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 1 | 1:111,580 | 7,062 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | - | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Slovenia | - | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
The alternate forms: Sèm (4) are calculated separately.
Sem (71,262) may also be a surname.
Sem Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Meaning: Greek for Shem.
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
Sem Forename Popularity
Sem Demographics
Average Male Sem Height
174.02 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 84 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Phonetically Similar Names
| Forename | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sèm | 89 | 4 | / |
| Shem | 86 | 26,353 | / |
| Seme | 86 | 19,834 | / |
| Siem | 86 | 4,765 | / |
| Seam | 86 | 2,724 | / |
| Seem | 86 | 1,395 | / |
| Semh | 86 | 353 | / |
| Seim | 86 | 195 | / |
| Semn | 86 | 157 | / |
| Seum | 86 | 125 | / |
| Sehm | 86 | 30 | / |
| Semm | 86 | 28 | / |
| Seym | 86 | 14 | / |
| Semt | 86 | 13 | / |
| Hsem | 86 | 9 | / |
| Sejm | 86 | 4 | / |
| Semc | 86 | 4 | / |
| Semd | 86 | 4 | / |
| Semg | 86 | 4 | / |
| Sgem | 86 | 4 | / |
| Scem | 86 | 3 | / |
| Ssem | 86 | 3 | / |
| Jsem | 86 | 3 | / |
| Sjem | 86 | 3 | / |
| Setm | 86 | 3 | / |
| Szem | 86 | 2 | / |
| Sesm | 86 | 1 | / |
| Satem | 75 | 5,717 | / |
| Sesme | 75 | 1,752 | / |
| Sheme | 75 | 937 | / |
| Sheam | 75 | 928 | / |
| Sacem | 75 | 592 | / |
| Sheem | 75 | 409 | / |
| Seeme | 75 | 302 | / |
| Shiem | 75 | 132 | / |
| Sieme | 75 | 118 | / |
| Seime | 75 | 117 | / |
| Semme | 75 | 87 | / |
| Seyme | 75 | 81 | / |
| Seame | 75 | 81 | / |
| Sheim | 75 | 57 | / |
| Shemh | 75 | 56 | / |
| Sasem | 75 | 44 | / |
| Shemm | 75 | 37 | / |
| Sotem | 75 | 34 | / |
| Seemh | 75 | 25 | / |
| Schem | 75 | 25 | / |
| Setme | 75 | 25 | / |
| Sosem | 75 | 24 | / |
| Sheum | 75 | 20 | / |
| Hseem | 75 | 15 | / |
| Semne | 75 | 14 | / |
| Shemë | 75 | 12 | / |
| Jseem | 75 | 11 | / |
| Sjeem | 75 | 10 | / |
| Sheym | 75 | 7 | / |
| Semnt | 75 | 6 | / |
| Sejme | 75 | 6 | / |
| Sesmt | 75 | 5 | / |
| Semkë | 75 | 5 | / |
| Shhem | 75 | 4 | / |
| Sseem | 75 | 3 | / |
| Seimm | 75 | 3 | / |
| Zseem | 75 | 3 | / |
| Sceme | 75 | 2 | / |
| Sjiem | 75 | 2 | / |
| Sethm | 75 | 2 | / |
| Seymd | 75 | 2 | / |
| Sgeem | 75 | 2 | / |
| Socem | 75 | 2 | / |
| Sseme | 75 | 1 | / |
| Szeem | 75 | 1 | / |
| Siehm | 75 | 1 | / |
| Siesm | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sh'em | 75 | 1 | / |
| Semmt | 75 | 1 | / |
| Semhe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Semën | 75 | 1 | / |
| Seuhm | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sjeme | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sjeym | 75 | 1 | / |
| Shcem | 75 | 1 | / |
| Scemm | 75 | 1 | / |
| Seamm | 75 | 1 | / |
| Seamt | 75 | 1 | / |
| Seemd | 75 | 1 | / |
| Seetm | 75 | 1 | / |
| Zseam | 75 | 1 | / |
| Zshem | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hsemm | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hsiem | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hssem | 75 | 1 | / |
| Jssem | 75 | 1 | / |
| Jshem | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sgeme | 75 | 1 | / |
| Seasm | 75 | 1 | / |
| Semnh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Xsehm | 75 | 1 | / |
| Xssem | 75 | 1 | / |
| Siemg | 75 | 1 | / |
| Jsesm | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sam | 67 | 1,212,556 | / |
| Sen | 67 | 587,290 | / |
| Som | 67 | 190,248 | / |
| Sim | 67 | 65,176 | / |
| Cem | 67 | 60,558 | / |
| Sym | 67 | 9,915 | / |
| Gem | 67 | 7,217 | / |
| Jem | 67 | 6,871 | / |
| Zem | 67 | 1,376 | / |
| Xem | 67 | 538 | / |
| Seemnh | 67 | 41 | / |
| Sheemh | 67 | 32 | / |
| Sheyme | 67 | 31 | / |
| Sattem | 67 | 28 | / |
| Chasem | 67 | 26 | / |
| Saseem | 67 | 23 | / |
| Sachem | 67 | 23 | / |
| Chosem | 67 | 22 | / |
| Sochem | 67 | 21 | / |
| Seisme | 67 | 21 | / |
| Hjsiem | 67 | 19 | / |
| Hseemh | 67 | 19 | / |
| Sheime | 67 | 19 | / |
| Sasiem | 67 | 14 | / |
| Shemme | 67 | 13 | / |
| Sateem | 67 | 11 | / |
| Saheim | 67 | 11 | / |
| Saacem | 67 | 10 | / |
| Semgne | 67 | 9 | / |
| Hsheem | 67 | 8 | / |
| Soheem | 67 | 7 | / |
| Sheeme | 67 | 6 | / |
| Sheemt | 67 | 5 | / |
| Sheame | 67 | 4 | / |
| Shasem | 67 | 4 | / |
| Shemmt | 67 | 4 | / |
| Shheem | 67 | 3 | / |
| Shehym | 67 | 3 | / |
| Sassem | 67 | 3 | / |
| Sahsem | 67 | 3 | / |
| Saceem | 67 | 2 | / |
| Siocem | 67 | 2 | / |
| Siemme | 67 | 2 | / |
| Sheemm | 67 | 2 | / |
| Säm | 67 | 2 | / |
| Shesme | 67 | 2 | / |
| Shzeem | 67 | 2 | / |
| Scheem | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sheesm | 67 | 1 | / |
| Suhiem | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sseemm | 67 | 1 | / |
| Soutem | 67 | 1 | / |
| Szheem | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shocem | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sossem | 67 | 1 | / |
| Semgue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shatem | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shheam | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shacem | 67 | 1 | / |
| Saatem | 67 | 1 | / |
| Schiem | 67 | 1 | / |
| Scheam | 67 | 1 | / |
| Schemm | 67 | 1 | / |
| Seamme | 67 | 1 | / |
| Se'eme | 67 | 1 | / |
| Seemme | 67 | 1 | / |
| Seethm | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wãseem | 67 | 1 | / |
| Åsheim | 67 | 1 | / |
| Seemth | 67 | 1 | / |
| Seemnd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Se-Mai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shhemh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ssheem | 67 | 1 | / |
Sem Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sem in the Russian language | ||
| Сэм | sem | - |
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Footnotes
- First names are taken from the first part of an person's personal name. That is, not their inherited name(s), i.e. their surname(s). The first name includes particles, but not middle names
- Descriptions may contain details on the name's etymology, origin, ethnicity and history. They are largely reproduced from 3rd party sources; diligence is advised on accepting their validity - more information
- 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 Sem