Semei Surname
Approximately 508 people bear this surname
Semei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 262 | 1:149,005 | 13,229 |
| Papua New Guinea | 120 | 1:67,948 | 8,868 |
| Israel | 64 | 1:133,713 | 14,383 |
| Kazakhstan | 14 | 1:1,263,035 | 68,752 |
| Hungary | 12 | 1:818,023 | 42,199 |
| Cameroon | 8 | 1:2,596,134 | 118,056 |
| Kenya | 7 | 1:6,597,129 | 51,431 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Saint Lucia | 5 | 1:35,756 | 1,958 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Semei (1,936) may also be a first name.
Semei Demographics
Semei Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Semei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Semei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Semei is carried by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Semei? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 609,110th most commonly held family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 14,345,563 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 56 percent of Semei are found; 54 percent are found in East Africa and 52 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Semei is also the 172,395th most widely held first name on earth, held by 1,936 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Uganda, where it is held by 262 people, or 1 in 149,005. In Uganda it is mostly found in: Pallisa District, where 66 percent are found, Kibuku District, where 6 percent are found and Bukedea District, where 4 percent are found. Beside Uganda it exists in 18 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 24 percent are found and Israel, where 13 percent are found.
Semei Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Semei
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