Sembuya Surname
Approximately 458 people bear this surname
Sembuya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 454 | 1:85,990 | 9,047 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
Sembuya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sembuya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sembuya is found most in Uganda. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of Sembuya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sembuya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 657,184th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 15,911,672 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sembuya reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Sembuya is most widespread in Uganda, where it is borne by 454 people, or 1 in 85,990. In Uganda it is most numerous in: Kayunga District, where 18 percent reside, Wakiso District, where 15 percent reside and Kampala District, where 13 percent reside. Other than Uganda it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 0 percent reside and Thailand, 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 Sembuya
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