Sematu Surname
Approximately 23 people bear this surname
Sematu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 21 | 1:2,579,891 | 103,459 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Sematu (24) may also be a first name.
Sematu Demographics
Average Sematu Salary in
South Africa
R 169,620
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Sematu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sematu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sematu is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sematu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sematu is the 4,116,508th most prevalent surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sematu are found; 91 percent are found in Southern Africa and 91 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Sematu is also the 2,187,323rd most commonly held first name in the world, borne by 24 people.
This surname is most numerous in South Africa, where it is borne by 21 people, or 1 in 2,579,891. In South Africa Sematu is mostly found in: North West, where 95 percent are found and Gauteng, where 5 percent are found. Apart from South Africa this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Ethiopia, where 4 percent are found and Uganda, where 4 percent are found.
Sematu Last Name Statistics demography
Sematu earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 28.62% less than the national average, earning R 169,620 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Semathu | 92 | 72 | / |
| Semeatu | 92 | 56 | / |
| Sematau | 92 | 6 | / |
| Sematus | 92 | 5 | / |
| Sematou | 92 | 3 | / |
| Siematu | 92 | 2 | / |
| Shematu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Semaitu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Semaetu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Semmatou | 86 | 1 | / |
| Seimatou | 86 | 1 | / |
| Jematu | 83 | 459 | / |
| Samatu | 83 | 265 | / |
| Semetu | 83 | 137 | / |
| Simatu | 83 | 74 | / |
| Symatu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Zematu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Semotu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Gematu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Schematus | 80 | 1 | / |
| Shimatu | 77 | 2,498 | / |
| Simatou | 77 | 238 | / |
| Samathu | 77 | 76 | / |
| Simatau | 77 | 47 | / |
| Simatup | 77 | 25 | / |
| Samaitu | 77 | 22 | / |
| Seimotu | 77 | 14 | / |
| Samautu | 77 | 6 | / |
| Saamatu | 77 | 6 | / |
| Sahmatu | 77 | 4 | / |
| Samattu | 77 | 4 | / |
| Chematu | 77 | 4 | / |
| Shamatu | 77 | 3 | / |
| Simaitu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Simmatu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Zematui | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sammatu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Hsamatu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Symatou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Saimatu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Cematus | 77 | 1 | / |
| Simathu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Somatou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Somathu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Semmetu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Chematui | 71 | 956 | / |
| Sammatou | 71 | 16 | / |
| Jemaitou | 71 | 9 | / |
| Sahamatu | 71 | 6 | / |
| Shamateu | 71 | 4 | / |
| Shamathu | 71 | 3 | / |
| Chematuy | 71 | 2 | / |
| Gemmatus | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shaamatu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shemettu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Simaithu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sammathu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chemmatu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Zemetu | 67 | 2,415 | / |
| Samotu | 67 | 1,193 | / |
| Cimatu | 67 | 753 | / |
| Samahatou | 67 | 238 | / |
| Simetu | 67 | 41 | / |
| Somotu | 67 | 21 | / |
| Sametu | 67 | 18 | / |
| Chemmattu | 67 | 6 | / |
| Soemoethu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Zamatu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Zimatu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cheematui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cemetu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chemmathu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sahamatou | 67 | 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 Sematu
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