Semay Surname
Approximately 112 people bear this surname
Semay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 34 | 1:1,953,609 | 166,012 |
| Belgium | 27 | 1:425,802 | 43,971 |
| England | 25 | 1:2,228,722 | 84,230 |
| Northern Cyprus | 16 | 1:19,938 | 5,097 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Şemay (1) are calculated separately.
Semay (299) may also be a first name.
Semay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Semay Come From? nationality or country of origin
Semay (Marathi: सेमाय, Russian: Семай) is carried by more people in France than any other country or territory. It may be found as: Şemay. For other potential spellings of Semay click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Semay? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,727,723rd most widespread last name in the world, held by around 1 in 65,067,374 people. The last name Semay is mostly found in Europe, where 93 percent of Semay live; 55 percent live in Western Europe and 31 percent live in Gallo-Europe. Semay is also the 509,704th most frequently held first name internationally, held by 299 people.
Semay is most frequently used in France, where it is borne by 34 people, or 1 in 1,953,609. In France it is primarily concentrated in: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 85 percent live, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 6 percent live and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 6 percent live. Other than France this last name is found in 12 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 24 percent live and England, where 22 percent live.
Semay Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Semay has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Semay last name grew 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Semay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Semay in the Marathi language | ||
| सेमाय | semaya | 80 |
| सेमय | semaya | 20 |
| Semay in the Russian language | ||
| Семай | semaj | - |
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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 Semay
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