Semente Surname

30,939th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17,261 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mozambique
Highest density in:
Mozambique

Semente Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Semente Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mozambique14,8321:1,838442
Angola1,9721:13,6861,647
Brazil1121:1,911,37861,207
Spain861:543,62826,445
Botswana721:30,3746,067
Portugal571:182,7767,697
Italy341:1,798,72686,050
United States301:12,081,964463,456
Andorra201:4,192835
South Africa141:3,869,836127,494
France91:7,380,302306,885
Zimbabwe71:2,205,46397,905
Venezuela61:5,034,01343,431
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Iceland11:380,09011,096
England11:55,718,059489,080
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Cape Verde11:529,6426,792

The alternate forms: Sementé (3) & Sementè (1) are calculated separately.

Semente (16) may also be a first name.

Semente Last Name Facts

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

The last name Semente is found most frequently in Mozambique. It can also be found in the variant forms: Sementé or Sementè. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Semente? popularity and diffusion

The surname Semente is the 30,939th most commonly occurring last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 422,197 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Semente are found; 98 percent are found in Southern Africa and 97 percent are found in Luso-Southern Africa. Semente is also the 2,786,762nd most commonly occurring forename in the world, borne by 16 people.

The last name is most numerous in Mozambique, where it is borne by 14,832 people, or 1 in 1,838. Excluding Mozambique this last name occurs in 20 countries. It is also common in Angola, where 11 percent live and Brazil, where 1 percent live.

Semente Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Semente surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% registered with the party.

The amount Semente earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 56.16% less than the national average, earning R 104,172 per year and in United States they earn 11.08% more than the national average, earning $47,929 USD per year.

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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 Semente
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