Semake Surname
Approximately 307 people bear this surname
Semake Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 302 | 1:179,396 | 19,719 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
The alternate forms: Semaké (2) are calculated separately.
Semake (109) may also be a first name.
Semake Demographics
Average Semake Salary in
South Africa
R 139,932
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Semake Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Semake Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Semake (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻤﻜﻰ) is found in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant: Semaké. For other possible spellings of Semake click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Semake? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 878,878th most commonly held surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 23,737,935 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Semake live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Semake is also the 900,062nd most frequently held first name worldwide, borne by 109 people.
The last name Semake is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is carried by 302 people, or 1 in 179,396. In South Africa Semake is primarily found in: Gauteng, where 64 percent are found, North West, where 28 percent are found and KwaZulu-Natal, where 3 percent are found. Aside from South Africa it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 1 percent are found and Nigeria, where 0 percent are found.
Semake Last Name Statistics demography
Semake earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 41.12% less than the national average, earning R 139,932 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Semake Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Semake in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻤﻜﻰ | smky | 50 |
| ﺳﺎﻣﺎﻛﻰ | samaky | 50 |
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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 Semake
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