Sembeta Surname

1,918,812th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 94 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Sembeta Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sembeta Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania931:569,26536,354
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Sembeta (77) may also be a first name.

Sembeta Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sembeta Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Sembeta is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sembeta? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,918,812th most widely held surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 77,527,084 people. The surname Sembeta occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sembeta reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Sembeta is also the 1,100,117th most commonly held first name globally, held by 77 people.

The surname is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is held by 93 people, or 1 in 569,265. In Tanzania Sembeta is most numerous in: Arusha Region, where 84 percent live, Manyara Region, where 10 percent live and Morogoro Region, where 4 percent live. Not including Tanzania it occurs in one country. It is also found in Kenya, where 1 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 Sembeta
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