Sembilan Surname

983,245th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 262 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Sembilan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sembilan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia1901:155,2339,646
Indonesia701:1,889,274120,273
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Sembilan (92) may also be a first name.

Sembilan Last Name Facts

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

Sembilan is found most frequently in Malaysia. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sembilan? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 983,245th most prevalent last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 27,815,061 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Sembilan reside; 99 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 99 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Sembilan is also the 992,070th most common first name in the world, held by 92 people.

This surname is most frequently held in Malaysia, where it is carried by 190 people, or 1 in 155,233. In Malaysia Sembilan is most frequent in: Sarawak, where 77 percent reside, Negeri Sembilan, where 12 percent reside and Kuala Lumpur, where 4 percent reside. Other than Malaysia it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 27 percent reside and Saudi Arabia, where 0 percent reside.

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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 Sembilan
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