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
Semake (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻤﻜﻰ) occurs in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Semaké. For other possible spellings of Semake click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Semake? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 878,878th most frequently held last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 23,737,935 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Semake reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 900,062nd most commonly used first name on earth It is held by 109 people.
It is most numerous in South Africa, where it is borne by 302 people, or 1 in 179,396. In South Africa it is mostly found in: Gauteng, where 64 percent reside, North West, where 28 percent reside and KwaZulu-Natal, where 3 percent reside. Outside of South Africa Semake occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 1 percent reside and Nigeria, where 0 percent reside.
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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