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
Sembit (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺻﻤﺒﻴﺖ) is held by more people in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sembit? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 8,193,072nd most widely held family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 80 percent of Sembit reside; 80 percent reside in West Africa and 80 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. Sembit is also the 3,941,740th most widespread first name worldwide It is held by 9 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Mauritania, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 1,023,716. In Mauritania Sembit is primarily concentrated in: Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 25 percent are found, Inchiri Region, where 25 percent are found and Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 25 percent are found. Outside of Mauritania Sembit is found in one country. It is also found in Norway, where 20 percent are found.
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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