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 last name Semake (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻤﻜﻰ) is found in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant: Semaké. For other potential spellings of Semake click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Semake? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 878,878th most frequent family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 23,737,935 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Semake live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 900,062nd most commonly held given name world-wide, borne by 109 people.
The surname is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is borne by 302 people, or 1 in 179,396. In South Africa it is most common in: Gauteng, where 64 percent are found, North West, where 28 percent are found and KwaZulu-Natal, where 3 percent are found. Apart from South Africa it is found in 2 countries. It is also common 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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