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 more in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant: Šeme, Semé, Sème, Séme or Sèmè. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Seme? popularity and diffusion
It is the 19,181st most prevalent surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 254,240 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 80 percent of Seme reside; 56 percent reside in East Africa and 34 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 38,044th most frequently used given name throughout the world It is held by 19,834 people.
This surname is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 8,863 people, or 1 in 5,973. In Tanzania Seme is mostly found in: Mbeya Region, where 36 percent are found, Songwe Region, where 18 percent are found and Simiyu Region, where 9 percent are found. Beside Tanzania this surname 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 share of the population with the last name expanded 3,860 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Seme Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is predominantly Orthodox (100%) in Russia and Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Seme surname are 5.01% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national 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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