Semela Surname
Approximately 2,615 people bear this surname
Semela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 1,778 | 1:30,471 | 3,916 |
| Lesotho | 256 | 1:7,940 | 1,755 |
| Tanzania | 225 | 1:235,296 | 19,277 |
| Czechia | 169 | 1:62,920 | 10,527 |
| DR Congo | 68 | 1:1,086,464 | 68,260 |
| Greece | 26 | 1:426,146 | 56,152 |
| Austria | 23 | 1:370,236 | 39,193 |
| Switzerland | 16 | 1:513,307 | 36,405 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| Germany | 8 | 1:10,063,182 | 283,807 |
| Slovakia | 7 | 1:762,350 | 73,078 |
| Poland | 5 | 1:7,601,750 | 167,855 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Latvia | 4 | 1:512,512 | 30,386 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Semela (314) may also be a first name.
Semela Demographics
Average Semela Salary in
United States
$33,550 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Semela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Semela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Semela (Georgian: სემელა, Hindi: सेमेला, Oriya: େସେମଲା) is found most frequently in South Africa. It can be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Semela? popularity and diffusion
Semela is the 165,618th most frequently used last name on earth, held by around 1 in 2,786,824 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Semela live; 78 percent live in Southern Africa and 78 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 495,703rd most numerous first name in the world, held by 314 people.
It is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is borne by 1,778 people, or 1 in 30,471. In South Africa Semela is primarily found in: Free State, where 47 percent live, Gauteng, where 33 percent live and North West, where 6 percent live. Apart from South Africa this surname is found in 25 countries. It is also found in Lesotho, where 10 percent live and Tanzania, where 9 percent live.
Semela Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Semela earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 35.22% less than the national average, earning R 153,948 per year and in United States they earn 22.25% less than the national average, earning $33,550 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Semela Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Semela in the Georgian language | ||
| სემელა | semela | - |
| Semela in the Hindi language | ||
| सेमेला | semela | - |
| Semela in the Oriya language | ||
| େସେମଲା | esemala | - |
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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 Semela
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