Semenya Surname

65,498th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,621 people bear this surname

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

Semenya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Semenya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa7,0561:7,678967
Israel4231:20,2313,012
Belarus301:316,70234,864
England271:2,063,63279,942
Canada161:2,302,849139,666
Zimbabwe141:1,102,73166,551
Russia111:13,102,096377,010
Ghana91:3,002,29911,581
United States91:40,273,215872,126
Togo91:805,3086,372
Nigeria61:29,523,793355,097
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Benin21:5,167,80184,334
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679

Semenya (257) may also be a first name.

Semenya Last Name Facts

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

Semenya (Russian: Семеня) occurs more in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Semenya click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Semenya? popularity and diffusion

Semenya is the 65,498th most commonly used family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 956,245 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Semenya reside; 93 percent reside in Southern Africa and 93 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Semenya is also the 555,528th most frequent forename on earth, held by 257 people.

The surname is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is borne by 7,056 people, or 1 in 7,678. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: Limpopo, where 53 percent reside, Gauteng, where 33 percent reside and North West, where 6 percent reside. Not including South Africa this surname is found in 17 countries. It is also common in Israel, where 6 percent reside and Belarus, where 0 percent reside.

Semenya Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Semenya earn in different countries varies marginally. In South Africa they earn 16.6% less than the national average, earning R 198,180 per year and in United States they earn 17.15% less than the national average, earning $35,750 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Semmenya931/
Semenyash883/
Semegna86525/
Semenyo86360/
Simenya86113/
Semenea8666/
Seminya8636/
Semenia867/
Semenha863/
Semenja862/
Shimenya8043/
Semeneha802/
Semegnat801/
Chemenya801/
Cemenja7173/
Siminya7159/
Semenio7113/
Zimenya716/
Semigna712/
Simenyo712/
Simenja712/
Simenea712/
Cemenia711/
Seminia711/
Semegno711/
Semeaña711/
Zeminya711/
Semeneo711/
Simegnat674/
Sheminja674/
Semenjei672/
Semainia671/

Semenya Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Semenya in the Russian language
Семеняsemena-

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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 Semenya
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