Sembit Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Sembit Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 4 | 1:1,023,716 | 25,172 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Sembit (9) may also be a first name.
Sembit Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sembit Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sembit (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺻﻤﺒﻴﺖ) is more commonly found in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sembit? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 8,193,072nd most numerous family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 80 percent of Sembit live; 80 percent live in West Africa and 80 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 3,941,740th most commonly held first name internationally, borne by 9 people.
The surname Sembit is most frequently occurring in Mauritania, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 1,023,716. In Mauritania Sembit is primarily concentrated in: Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 25 percent live, Inchiri Region, where 25 percent live and Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 25 percent live. Not including Mauritania it is found in one country. It also occurs in Norway, where 20 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sembit Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sembit in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺻﻤﺒﻴﺖ | smbyt | 33.33 |
| ﺳﻤﺒﻴﺖ | smbyt | 33.33 |
| ﺍﻟﺴﻤﺒﻴﺖ | alsmbyt | 33.33 |
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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 Sembit
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