Sematama Surname
Approximately 21 people bear this surname
Sematama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 19 | 1:2,054,699 | 65,771 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
Sematama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sematama Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sematama is more commonly found in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sematama? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,307,654th most frequently occurring surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. Sematama is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sematama are found; 95 percent are found in East Africa and 95 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Sematama is most frequently occurring in Uganda, where it is carried by 19 people, or 1 in 2,054,699. In Uganda Sematama is most prevalent in: Ntungamo District, where 47 percent are found, Kasese District, where 26 percent are found and Buikwe District, where 5 percent are found. Other than Uganda this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 5 percent are found and Rwanda, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ssematama | 94 | 18 | / |
| Simatama | 88 | 42 | / |
| Samatama | 88 | 1 | / |
| Samatamma | 82 | 8 | / |
| Shimaatama | 78 | 26 | / |
| Samathamma | 78 | 3 | / |
| Somathamma | 78 | 3 | / |
| Chimatama | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sematoumou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Somatomo | 63 | 298 | / |
| Shimatomi | 59 | 18 | / |
| Simatema | 50 | 15 | / |
| Samatema | 50 | 1 | / |
| Samotema | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Sematama
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