Sembeh Surname
Approximately 363 people bear this surname
Sembeh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 352 | 1:12,524 | 1,344 |
| Malaysia | 11 | 1:2,681,293 | 102,971 |
Sembeh (16) may also be a first name.
Sembeh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sembeh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sembeh occurs in Liberia more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sembeh? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 780,352nd most widely held family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 20,075,884 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Sembeh live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. Sembeh is also the 2,786,762nd most frequently occurring first name in the world, held by 16 people.
The surname is most numerous in Liberia, where it is borne by 352 people, or 1 in 12,524. In Liberia Sembeh is mostly found in: Grand Cape Mount County, where 48 percent live, Montserrado County, where 25 percent live and Lofa County, where 22 percent live. Barring Liberia it exists in one country. It is also found in Malaysia, where 3 percent live.
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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 Sembeh
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