Sehemu Surname

392,160th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 902 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Sehemu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Sehemu Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania6191:85,5288,689
DR Congo2601:284,15226,288
Kenya101:4,617,99042,693
South Africa101:5,417,770150,016
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157

Sehemu (84) may also be a first name.

Display Statistics on:
  • Religious Adherence in:
    Kenya

Sehemu Demographics

Sehemu Religious Adherence
in Kenya

Sample size: 3 (2018)

Religious Adherence
in Kenya

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Sehemu Last Name Facts

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

Sehemu occurs most in Tanzania. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sehemu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 392,160th most commonly used surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 8,079,319 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sehemu are found; 70 percent are found in East Africa and 70 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Sehemu is also the 1,046,220th most common forename world-wide. It is borne by 84 people.

The last name Sehemu is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is borne by 619 people, or 1 in 85,528. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Simiyu Region, where 47 percent live, Geita Region, where 26 percent live and Shinyanga Region, where 21 percent live. Aside from Tanzania it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 29 percent live and Kenya, where 1 percent live.

Sehemu Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Siehemou861/
Shihemu771/
Sehomou771/
Shiemou771/
Siemu73103/
Syemu734/
Seumou67401/
Sahimu6759/
Siemou6754/
Seumeu6714/
Jehimu6712/
Sihamu679/
Siemeu672/
Sihimu672/
Soeimu671/
Shiymu671/
Chiemu671/
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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 Sehemu
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