Sembena Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Sembena Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Sembena Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sembena Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sembena (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻤﺒﻦ) is held by more people in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sembena? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sembena is the 8,968,613th most frequently occurring surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. Sembena is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sembena are found; 75 percent are found in West Africa and 50 percent are found in Senegambia Africa.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Mauritania, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 2,047,432. In Mauritania it is most frequent in: Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 50 percent are found and Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 50 percent are found. Not including Mauritania this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 25 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 25 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sembena Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sembena in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻤﺒﻦ | smbn | 50 |
| ﺻﻤﺒﻨﻪ | smbnh | 50 |
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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 Sembena
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