Seme Surname
Approximately 28,664 people bear this surname
Seme Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 8,863 | 1:5,973 | 778 |
| Ethiopia | 5,473 | 1:17,823 | 2,389 |
| Haiti | 3,540 | 1:3,018 | 414 |
| South Africa | 2,141 | 1:25,305 | 3,226 |
| Cameroon | 1,745 | 1:11,902 | 1,603 |
| Kenya | 1,565 | 1:29,508 | 3,257 |
| DR Congo | 835 | 1:88,479 | 10,091 |
| Senegal | 650 | 1:22,430 | 555 |
| Malawi | 497 | 1:34,445 | 5,098 |
| Ghana | 416 | 1:64,954 | 6,785 |
| United States | 386 | 1:939,013 | 70,219 |
| Bangladesh | 360 | 1:442,658 | 11,259 |
| Ecuador | 322 | 1:49,397 | 4,701 |
| Indonesia | 211 | 1:626,773 | 49,479 |
| Slovenia | 209 | 1:11,903 | 2,831 |
| Papua New Guinea | 153 | 1:53,292 | 6,745 |
| Ivory Coast | 145 | 1:159,112 | 7,318 |
| Lesotho | 141 | 1:14,415 | 3,165 |
| Botswana | 127 | 1:17,220 | 3,386 |
| Burkina Faso | 113 | 1:162,408 | 3,977 |
| Turkey | 103 | 1:755,548 | 37,701 |
| Benin | 103 | 1:100,346 | 11,409 |
| Mauritania | 80 | 1:51,186 | 3,739 |
| Argentina | 61 | 1:700,712 | 48,077 |
| Brazil | 41 | 1:5,221,325 | 132,593 |
| Italy | 35 | 1:1,747,334 | 85,249 |
| France | 27 | 1:2,460,101 | 186,232 |
| India | 27 | 1:28,409,829 | 361,298 |
| Angola | 25 | 1:1,079,569 | 3,117 |
| Sudan | 25 | 1:1,500,408 | 3,610 |
| Nigeria | 19 | 1:9,323,303 | 191,560 |
| Russia | 19 | 1:7,585,424 | 283,555 |
| Austria | 17 | 1:500,908 | 47,931 |
| Spain | 16 | 1:2,922,002 | 63,384 |
| Canada | 16 | 1:2,302,849 | 139,666 |
| Uganda | 12 | 1:3,253,273 | 85,117 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| Netherlands | 11 | 1:1,535,198 | 78,311 |
| Togo | 9 | 1:805,308 | 6,372 |
| Solomon Islands | 9 | 1:64,448 | 12,261 |
| Belgium | 8 | 1:1,437,080 | 92,692 |
| Germany | 8 | 1:10,063,182 | 283,807 |
| Croatia | 8 | 1:528,576 | 38,675 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| Japan | 6 | 1:21,307,382 | 48,838 |
| Taiwan | 6 | 1:3,907,458 | 23,065 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Pakistan | 5 | 1:35,728,777 | 102,388 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Albania | 4 | 1:728,514 | 20,844 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Mali | 4 | 1:4,242,259 | 2,433 |
| Serbia | 2 | 1:3,572,474 | 32,645 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 1:5,021,868 | 210,693 |
The alternate forms: Šeme (283), Semé (8), Sème (5), Séme (1) & Sèmè (2) are calculated separately.
Seme (19,834) may also be a first name.
Seme Demographics
Seme Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Seme Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Seme Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Seme (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻢ, Hindi: सेमे, Marathi: सेमे, Oriya: େସମ, Russian: Семе) occurs in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Šeme, Semé, Sème, Séme or Sèmè. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Seme? popularity and diffusion
The last name Seme is the 19,181st most frequent last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 254,240 people. The surname Seme occurs mostly in Africa, where 80 percent of Seme are found; 56 percent are found in East Africa and 34 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 38,044th most commonly occurring forename globally, held by 19,834 people.
Seme is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is held by 8,863 people, or 1 in 5,973. In Tanzania Seme is primarily concentrated in: Mbeya Region, where 36 percent are found, Songwe Region, where 18 percent are found and Simiyu Region, where 9 percent are found. Without taking into account Tanzania it occurs in 81 countries. It is also common in Ethiopia, where 19 percent are found and Haiti, where 12 percent are found.
Seme Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Seme has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Seme last name increased 3,860 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Seme Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is primarily Orthodox (100%) in Russia and Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Seme last name are 5.01% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 58.24% registered with the political party.
The amount Seme earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 44.97% less than the national average, earning R 130,776 per year; in United States they earn 0.65% less than the national average, earning $42,870 USD per year and in Canada they earn 21.53% less than the national average, earning $38,988 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Seme Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Seme in the Hindi language | ||
| सेमे | seme | - |
| Seme in the Marathi language | ||
| सेमे | seme | 92.31 |
| सॅमे | seme | 7.69 |
| Seme in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻢ | sm | 88.46 |
| ﺳﻴﻢ | sym | 11.54 |
| Seme in the Oriya language | ||
| େସମ | esama | 50 |
| େସେମ | esema | 33.33 |
| େସମ୍ | esam | 16.67 |
| Seme in the Russian language | ||
| Семе | seme | - |
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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 Seme
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