Semah Surname
Approximately 1,439 people bear this surname
Semah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 535 | 1:247,195 | 22,618 |
| Algeria | 264 | 1:146,332 | 19,345 |
| Cameroon | 138 | 1:150,500 | 16,554 |
| France | 137 | 1:484,837 | 68,361 |
| United States | 94 | 1:3,855,946 | 211,262 |
| Turkey | 90 | 1:864,682 | 41,266 |
| Pakistan | 65 | 1:2,748,367 | 23,130 |
| Malaysia | 35 | 1:842,692 | 38,700 |
| Liberia | 21 | 1:209,930 | 13,691 |
| Mexico | 16 | 1:7,757,888 | 35,569 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Israel | 5 | 1:1,711,527 | 84,568 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
The alternate forms: Sémah (2) are calculated separately.
Semah (4,700) may also be a first name.
Semah Demographics
Average Semah Salary in
United States
$44,321 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Semah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Semah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Semah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺴﻤﺎﺡ) occurs more in Indonesia more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Sémah. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Semah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Semah is the 270,886th most frequently held family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 5,064,313 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 51 percent of Semah are found; 40 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 40 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Semah is also the 99,913th most common forename world-wide. It is borne by 4,700 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Indonesia, where it is held by 535 people, or 1 in 247,195. In Indonesia Semah is mostly concentrated in: West Nusa Tenggara, where 58 percent reside, West Kalimantan, where 13 percent reside and South Sumatra, where 11 percent reside. Without taking into account Indonesia this surname exists in 27 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 18 percent reside and Cameroon, where 10 percent reside.
Semah Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Semah last name are 31.36% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 78.13% being registered to vote for the political party.
Semah earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 2.72% more than the national average, earning $44,321 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Semah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Semah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺴﻤﺎﺡ | alsmah | 57.14 |
| ﺳﻤﺎﺡ | smah | 42.86 |
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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 Semah
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