Semethe Surname
Approximately 760 people bear this surname
Semethe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 740 | 1:2,747 | 423 |
| South Africa | 18 | 1:3,009,872 | 112,058 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Semethe (280) may also be a first name.
Semethe Demographics
Average Semethe Salary in
South Africa
R 32,004
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Semethe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Semethe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Semethe occurs most in Lesotho. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Semethe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 448,102nd most commonly occurring last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 9,588,876 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Semethe reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 530,161st most commonly occurring given name globally, held by 280 people.
The last name Semethe is most widely held in Lesotho, where it is held by 740 people, or 1 in 2,747. In Lesotho it is most prevalent in: Maseru District, where 27 percent reside, Berea District, where 19 percent reside and Mafeteng District, where 10 percent reside. Other than Lesotho this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 2 percent reside and Namibia, where 0 percent reside.
Semethe Last Name Statistics demography
Semethe earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 86.53% less than the national average, earning R 32,004 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
- 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 Semethe
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