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
Sembene (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺻﻤﺒﻦ) is found in Senegal more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant: Sembène, Sembéne or Sémbène. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sembene? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 165,848th most prevalent surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 2,791,094 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Sembene reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 920,134th most widespread forename internationally, borne by 105 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Senegal, where it is held by 2,532 people, or 1 in 5,758. In Senegal it is most prevalent in: Dakar Region, where 82 percent live, Thiès Region, where 16 percent live and Kaolack Region, where 1 percent live. Outside of Senegal it is found in 14 countries. It also occurs in Israel, where 2 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.
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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