Semanka Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Semanka Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Semanka Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa161:3,386,106119,139
Lesotho61:338,76016,589
Botswana41:546,73222,624
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

Semanka (74) may also be a first name.

Semanka Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Semanka Come From? nationality or country of origin

Semanka is most common in South Africa. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Semanka? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,798,600th most widely held last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Semanka reside; 96 percent reside in Southern Africa and 96 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Semanka is also the 1,125,792nd most commonly held forename world-wide. It is borne by 74 people.

It is most widespread in South Africa, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 3,386,106. In South Africa Semanka is mostly found in: North West, where 75 percent live, Gauteng, where 19 percent live and Limpopo, where 6 percent live. Other than South Africa this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Lesotho, where 22 percent live and Botswana, where 15 percent live.

Semanka Last Name Statistics demography

Semanka earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 32.58% less than the national average, earning R 160,224 per year.

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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 Semanka
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