Semelo Surname

790,102nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 357 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Semelo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Semelo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa3551:152,61317,281
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169

Semelo (25) may also be a first name.

Semelo Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Semelo Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Semelo is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Semelo? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 790,102nd most commonly occurring surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 20,413,294 people. The last name Semelo occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Semelo reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,136,160th most widely held first name worldwide. It is borne by 25 people.

Semelo is most frequent in South Africa, where it is carried by 355 people, or 1 in 152,613. In South Africa Semelo is most frequent in: Free State, where 58 percent are found, North West, where 27 percent are found and Gauteng, where 11 percent are found. Without taking into account South Africa this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 0 percent are found and Guatemala, where 0 percent are found.

Semelo Last Name Statistics demography

Semelo earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 64.63% less than the national average, earning R 84,060 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Seimelo92364/
Seemelo92130/
Siemelo9210/
Semeloi925/
Seamelo924/
Semelio921/
Semeloth862/
Semelois861/
Semela832,615/
Samelo83630/
Gemelo83260/
Simelo8378/
Semolo8336/
Jemelo8319/
Semalo8312/
Semilo837/
Zemelo833/
Somelo833/
Cemelo832/
Seemela772,662/
Seimela771,061/
Shemela77281/
Shamelo77229/
Sesmilo77217/
Gemelos77166/
Szemela7796/
Seumalo7778/
Sameilo7777/
Gemelou7756/
Semelia7750/
Simelio7746/
Seamolo7746/
Semelas7729/
Semeila7729/
Siemela7724/
Simielo7721/
Seamela7721/
Chemelo7720/
Shemolo7716/
Zhemelo7713/
Sommelo7711/
Semilio7710/
Semelga779/
Shomelo775/
Semeela774/
Seemolo774/
Setmela773/
Somehlo773/
Semelya772/
Semetla772/
Semelha772/
Sameulo771/
Samaelo771/
Jemeloo771/
Zoemelo771/
Somelio771/
Semiolo771/
Shemalo771/
Ssemela771/
Samielo771/
Semaela771/
Semalio771/
Semilou771/
Someloo771/
Semyolo771/
Semgela771/
Saemolo771/
Gemelyo771/
Shemetillo7555/
Shemetyllo7516/
Semmelooth750/
Shemmela71411/
Shemelia7180/
Shemelya7142/
Semeilla7111/
Dzhemelo7111/
Shomaelo716/
Szemiela716/
Semmetla715/
Chemelio713/
Seemoela712/
Giemelou712/
Shemailo711/
Semeglia711/
Semeylla711/
Seumaalo711/
Shimelou711/
Siemmela711/
Ssemaalo711/
Ssemalyo711/
Sameylou711/
Schemela711/
Chemelyo711/
Shehmolo711/
Seismilo711/
Chemeloi711/
Jemelott710/
Samela672,716/
Jemela672,317/
Somela671,884/
Simela671,325/
Samilo67776/
Samalo67748/
Somalo67571/
Samylo67552/
Similo67368/
Simalo67328/
Somolo67316/
Semola67286/
Gemela67257/
Simolo67240/
Samolo67218/
Gemilo67198/
Jemilo67176/
Zemela67159/
Symela67158/
Jimelo67124/
Semila6799/
Gimelo6772/
Schemelia6769/
Somilo6769/
Semala6768/
Szemelácz6755/
Zomelo6739/
Shemelash679/
Shaemelya674/
Zemolo674/
Cemilo672/
Shchemilo672/
Zimelo671/
Zamelo671/
Zemilo671/
Žimelo671/
Sohmeeloh671/
Semetilla671/
Símolo671/
Cemela671/

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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 Semelo
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