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
The last name Semali (Bengali: সেমলী, Hindi: सेमली, Marathi: सेमाली, Oriya: େସମଳି) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Semali.
How Common Is The Last Name Semali? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 429,044th most prevalent last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 9,064,112 people. The last name Semali is primarily found in Africa, where 63 percent of Semali reside; 54 percent reside in West Africa and 54 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 142,938th most widely held first name in the world It is held by 2,639 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 433 people, or 1 in 409,106. In Nigeria it is most common in: Benue, where 94 percent live, Nasarawa, where 3 percent live and Federal Capital Territory, where 2 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name occurs 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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