Sembe Surname
Approximately 6,647 people bear this surname
Sembe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 2,443 | 1:21,671 | 2,687 |
| DR Congo | 2,052 | 1:36,004 | 4,460 |
| Cameroon | 776 | 1:26,764 | 3,640 |
| Mauritania | 563 | 1:7,273 | 802 |
| Zimbabwe | 164 | 1:94,136 | 13,392 |
| Mongolia | 136 | 1:20,774 | 2,367 |
| Papua New Guinea | 106 | 1:76,922 | 10,108 |
| Benin | 77 | 1:134,229 | 14,380 |
| Indonesia | 71 | 1:1,862,665 | 118,960 |
| Congo | 66 | 1:75,592 | 6,659 |
| Nigeria | 39 | 1:4,542,122 | 122,724 |
| Ivory Coast | 28 | 1:823,973 | 21,823 |
| Zambia | 16 | 1:990,620 | 29,787 |
| Kenya | 13 | 1:3,552,300 | 39,474 |
| France | 12 | 1:5,535,227 | 269,324 |
| South Africa | 12 | 1:4,514,809 | 137,638 |
| Sweden | 11 | 1:895,160 | 66,831 |
| Angola | 9 | 1:2,998,802 | 4,903 |
| Mali | 9 | 1:1,885,448 | 1,868 |
| Niger | 7 | 1:2,741,717 | 49,802 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Guinea | 4 | 1:2,958,454 | 2,022 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
Sembe (426) may also be a first name.
Sembe Demographics
Average Sembe Salary in
United States
$86,625 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sembe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sembe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sembe (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺻﻤﺐ, Marathi: सबे, Oriya: େସେ, Russian: Сембе) is found in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sembe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 74,019th most common family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 1,096,366 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Sembe live; 38 percent live in Central Africa and 38 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 416,125th most frequently used first name in the world, held by 426 people.
The surname Sembe is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 2,443 people, or 1 in 21,671. In Tanzania it is most common in: Tanga Region, where 48 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 14 percent reside and Morogoro Region, where 14 percent reside. Without taking into account Tanzania this surname exists in 31 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 31 percent reside and Cameroon, where 12 percent reside.
Sembe Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Sembe earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 72.41% less than the national average, earning R 65,568 per year and in United States they earn 100.76% more than the national average, earning $86,625 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sembe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sembe in the Oriya language | ||
| େସେ | ese | - |
| Sembe in the Marathi language | ||
| सबे | sabe | - |
| Sembe in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺻﻤﺐ | smb | 74.58 |
| ﺻﻤﺒﻪ | smbh | 19.21 |
| ﺻﻨﺐ | snb | 5.65 |
| Sembe in the Russian language | ||
| Сембе | sembe | - |
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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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- 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 Sembe
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