Sembia Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Sembia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sembia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin81:1,291,95054,095
Papua New Guinea81:1,019,215101,897
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Sembia Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sembia is borne by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sembia? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,649,889th most commonly used family name internationally, held by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. The last name Sembia is primarily found in Africa, where 50 percent of Sembia reside; 44 percent reside in West Africa and 44 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

It is most frequently held in Benin, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 1,291,950. In Benin Sembia is primarily found in: Borgou Department, where 88 percent reside and Atakora Department, where 13 percent reside. Beside Benin it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 44 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 6 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sembiah923/
Siembia922/
Seumbia922/
Smbia911/
Ssembija861/
Simbia833,503/
Sambia831,609/
Sombia83365/
Sembio8383/
Sembea8337/
Symbia838/
Zembia835/
Jembia834/
Xembia831/
Gembia831/
Sembya831/
Smbiha831/
Senbia831/
Ssembijja806/
Djembia77214/
Semwija77111/
Sembiho7775/
Simbiat7773/
Sambiah7766/
Simebia7735/
Zembiah7722/
Sambiha777/
Jembiha774/
Chembia771/
Zeumbia771/
Shambia771/
Simbias771/
Seambea770/
Snbia731/
Sembajja7141/
Sembajjo7137/
Chembiah7133/
Simboyia7131/
Sambaiya719/
Siembiot718/
Szembiot714/
Sembejja713/
Sembaiyo713/
Sembaijo712/
Semwijah712/
Shambiah711/
Sambayia711/
Sembyayi711/
Shambhia711/
Sambhiah711/
Sambeiya711/
Zambia67513/
Ssembajja67300/
Sembeo67260/
Sambya67176/
Ssembajjo67132/
Sambio6755/
Gimbia6725/
Ssembejja6721/
Simbio6715/
Sinbia679/
Zombia677/
Zimbia676/
Simbya676/
Sombya674/
Sombio674/
Jimbia673/
Synbia672/
Simbea672/
Symbio672/
Zembio671/
Sambaiyah671/
Chmbia671/
Jembea671/
Senbheiya671/

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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 Sembia
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