Sembene Surname
Approximately 2,611 people bear this surname
Sembene Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senegal | 2,532 | 1:5,758 | 283 |
| Israel | 46 | 1:186,036 | 18,427 |
| United States | 13 | 1:27,881,456 | 736,413 |
| Burkina Faso | 5 | 1:3,670,420 | 19,318 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
The alternate forms: Sembène (2), Sembéne (1) & Sémbène (1) are calculated separately.
Sembene (105) may also be a first name.
Sembene Demographics
Average Sembene Salary in
United States
$35,750 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sembene Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sembene Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sembene (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺻﻤﺒﻦ) is found most in Senegal. It can be rendered as: Sembène, Sembéne or Sémbène. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sembene? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 165,848th most frequently occurring last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 2,791,094 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Sembene reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. Sembene is also the 920,134th most common first name world-wide It is held by 105 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Senegal, where it is borne by 2,532 people, or 1 in 5,758. In Senegal Sembene is most prevalent in: Dakar Region, where 82 percent are found, Thiès Region, where 16 percent are found and Kaolack Region, where 1 percent are found. Besides Senegal it occurs in 14 countries. It is also found in Israel, where 2 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.
Sembene Last Name Statistics demography
Sembene earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 17.15% less than the national average, earning $35,750 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sembene Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sembene in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺻﻤﺒﻦ | smbn | 50 |
| ﺳﻤﺒﻦ | smbn | 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
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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 Sembene
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