Semete Surname
Approximately 690 people bear this surname
Semete Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 305 | 1:7,900 | 1,523 |
| DR Congo | 287 | 1:257,420 | 24,363 |
| Mauritania | 50 | 1:81,897 | 5,336 |
| Papua New Guinea | 17 | 1:479,630 | 60,627 |
| South Africa | 14 | 1:3,869,836 | 127,494 |
| France | 6 | 1:11,070,454 | 349,096 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
The alternate forms: Semeté (1) are calculated separately.
Semete (58) may also be a first name.
Semete Demographics
Average Semete Salary in
South Africa
R 485,268
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Semete Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Semete Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Semete (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻤﺖ) is more frequently found in Namibia than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Semeté. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Semete? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 482,629th most numerous last name globally, held by around 1 in 10,561,661 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Semete live; 46 percent live in Southern Africa and 46 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Semete is also the 1,295,729th most numerous first name in the world, borne by 58 people.
The last name is most common in Namibia, where it is held by 305 people, or 1 in 7,900. In Namibia it is most numerous in: Kavango West Region, where 99 percent live and Kavango East Region, where 1 percent live. Other than Namibia Semete exists in 13 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 42 percent live and Mauritania, where 7 percent live.
Semete Last Name Statistics demography
Semete earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 104.2% more than the national average, earning R 485,268 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Semete Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Semete in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻤﺖ | smt | 89.19 |
| ﺳﻤﺘﻪ | smth | 5.41 |
| ﺳﻤﺘﺔ | smtt | 2.7 |
| ﺳﻤﺔ | smt | 2.7 |
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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 Semete
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