Semali Surname
Approximately 804 people bear this surname
Semali Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 433 | 1:409,106 | 21,363 |
| India | 163 | 1:4,705,923 | 120,533 |
| Tanzania | 63 | 1:840,343 | 43,483 |
| Malaysia | 44 | 1:670,323 | 31,889 |
| Indonesia | 40 | 1:3,306,230 | 179,945 |
| Turkey | 29 | 1:2,683,497 | 81,313 |
| Iran | 8 | 1:9,597,816 | 173,045 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Semali (2,639) may also be a first name.
Semali Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Semali Come From? nationality or country of origin
Semali (Bengali: সেমলী, Hindi: सेमली, Marathi: सेमाली, Oriya: େସମଳି) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Semali? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 429,044th most common last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 9,064,112 people. Semali is primarily found in Africa, where 63 percent of Semali are found; 54 percent are found in West Africa and 54 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 142,938th most prevalent forename globally It is held by 2,639 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 433 people, or 1 in 409,106. In Nigeria Semali is most prevalent in: Benue, where 94 percent live, Nasarawa, where 3 percent live and Federal Capital Territory, where 2 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this surname is found in 16 countries. It is also found in India, where 20 percent live and Tanzania, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Semali Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Semali in the Hindi language | ||
| सेमली | semali | 75 |
| सेमाली | semali | 25 |
| Semali in the Marathi language | ||
| सेमाली | semali | 75 |
| सेमळी | semali | 25 |
| Semali in the Bengali language | ||
| সেমলী | semali | 66.67 |
| সেমলি | semali | 33.33 |
| Semali in the Oriya language | ||
| େସମଳି | esamali | 60 |
| େସମାଲି | esamali | 14.29 |
| େସମଳୀ | esamali | 11.43 |
| େସମଲି | esamali | 8.57 |
| େସମାଳି | esamali | 2.86 |
| େସମଲୀ | esamali | 2.86 |
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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 Semali
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