Seema Surname
Approximately 18,588 people bear this surname
Seema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 6,780 | 1:7,991 | 1,010 |
| India | 3,809 | 1:201,382 | 12,074 |
| Bangladesh | 3,334 | 1:47,797 | 2,658 |
| Pakistan | 2,577 | 1:69,322 | 2,521 |
| Botswana | 524 | 1:4,174 | 616 |
| Lesotho | 514 | 1:3,954 | 754 |
| Thailand | 405 | 1:174,416 | 28,221 |
| Kenya | 207 | 1:223,091 | 15,759 |
| Maldives | 145 | 1:2,787 | 272 |
| Estonia | 73 | 1:18,107 | 3,073 |
| United States | 54 | 1:6,712,202 | 314,667 |
| England | 54 | 1:1,031,816 | 50,675 |
| Australia | 16 | 1:1,687,231 | 81,699 |
| Afghanistan | 13 | 1:2,473,322 | 16,278 |
| United Arab Emirates | 13 | 1:704,790 | 25,221 |
| Malaysia | 10 | 1:2,949,422 | 111,742 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
Seema (746,580) may also be a first name.
Seema Demographics
Seema Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Seema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Seema Come From? nationality or country of origin
Seema (Arabic: سيمة, Bengali: সীমা, Dhivehi: ސީމ, Hindi: सीमा, Marathi: शेटे, Oriya: ସୀମା, Tibetan: སི་མ་) is found most in South Africa. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Seema.
How Common Is The Last Name Seema? popularity and diffusion
The last name Seema is the 28,898th most frequently occurring family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 392,056 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 56 percent of Seema live; 53 percent live in South Asia and 42 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Seema is also the 1,271st most widespread first name in the world, borne by 746,580 people.
It is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is carried by 6,780 people, or 1 in 7,991. In South Africa Seema is most numerous in: Gauteng, where 44 percent are found, Limpopo, where 36 percent are found and North West, where 8 percent are found. Without taking into account South Africa this last name is found in 42 countries. It also occurs in India, where 20 percent are found and Bangladesh, where 18 percent are found.
Seema Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Seema surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Seema last name are 1.32% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 54.55% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Seema earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 32.73% less than the national average, earning R 159,852 per year and in United States they earn 6.93% less than the national average, earning $40,158 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Seema Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Seema in the Hindi language | ||
| सीमा | sima | 99.53 |
| सिमा | sima | 0.41 |
| शीमा | sima | 0.01 |
| सीम | sima | 0.01 |
| सी्मा | sima | 0 |
| रीमा | rima | 0 |
| सीेमा | siema | 0 |
| नीमा | nima | 0 |
| शिमा | sima | 0 |
| सामा | sama | 0 |
| सोमा | soma | 0 |
| सेमा | sema | 0 |
| सीमा़ | sima | 0 |
| Seema in the Bengali language | ||
| সীমা | sima | 97.7 |
| সিমা | sima | 2.3 |
| Seema in the Tibetan language | ||
| སི་མ་ | sima | 93.33 |
| ཤི་མ་ | shima | 6.67 |
| Seema in the Oriya language | ||
| ସୀମା | sima | 78.86 |
| ସିମା | sima | 14.69 |
| େବେହରା | ebehara | 2.89 |
| ଶିମା | sima | 0.45 |
| ଶୀମା | sima | 0.22 |
| ସୀମ | sima | 0.07 |
| ସାମା | sama | 0.07 |
| େସମା | esama | 0.07 |
| Seema in the Dhivehi language | ||
| ސީމ | sim | 75 |
| ުސީމާ | usima | 25 |
| Seema in the Marathi language | ||
| शेटे | sete | 52.8 |
| शेषेराव | seserava | 7.45 |
| शेरे | sere | 6.83 |
| शेले | sele | 3.11 |
| सॅमसन | semasana | 3.11 |
| शेरेकर | serekara | 3.11 |
| सुलेमान | sulemana | 3.11 |
| शेडे | sede | 3.11 |
| सेम | sema | 1.24 |
| सेमा | sema | 0.62 |
| Seema in the Arabic language | ||
| سيمة | symt | - |
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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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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Seema
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