Semaka Surname
Approximately 939 people bear this surname
Semaka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 369 | 1:480,062 | 24,144 |
| Ukraine | 272 | 1:167,363 | 23,102 |
| Lesotho | 97 | 1:20,954 | 4,341 |
| Russia | 51 | 1:2,825,942 | 156,501 |
| Uganda | 45 | 1:867,540 | 39,905 |
| Canada | 44 | 1:837,400 | 65,151 |
| South Africa | 22 | 1:2,462,623 | 101,019 |
| Latvia | 12 | 1:170,837 | 20,647 |
| Belarus | 10 | 1:950,106 | 68,851 |
| Poland | 5 | 1:7,601,750 | 167,855 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
Semaka (426) may also be a first name.
Semaka Demographics
Average Semaka Salary in
Canada
$65,194 CAD
Per year
Average Salary in
Canada
$49,683 CAD
Per year
Semaka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Semaka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Semaka (Marathi: सेमका, Russian: Семака) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Semaka? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 379,929th most prevalent family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 7,760,965 people. The surname Semaka occurs predominantly in Africa, where 57 percent of Semaka reside; 39 percent reside in West Africa and 39 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 416,125th most frequently occurring first name globally, held by 426 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 369 people, or 1 in 480,062. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Benue, where 92 percent live, Kaduna, where 3 percent live and Niger, where 2 percent live. Besides Nigeria it exists in 17 countries. It is also found in Ukraine, where 29 percent live and Lesotho, where 10 percent live.
Semaka Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is principally Orthodox (86%) in Ukraine.
The amount Semaka earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 78.22% less than the national average, earning R 51,756 per year and in Canada they earn 31.22% more than the national average, earning $65,194 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Semaka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Semaka in the Marathi language | ||
| सेमका | semaka | - |
| Semaka in the Russian language | ||
| Семака | semaka | - |
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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 Semaka
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