Semetka Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Hungary
Highest density in:
Hungary

Semetka Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Semetka Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Hungary181:545,34933,535
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Slovakia21:2,668,225118,680

The alternate forms: Šemetka (61) are calculated separately.

Semetka Last Name Facts

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

Semetka occurs more in Hungary more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant: Šemetka. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Semetka? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,798,600th most frequently occurring last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. The last name Semetka occurs mostly in Europe, where 74 percent of Semetka reside; 74 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 67 percent reside in Hungaro-Europe.

This surname is most commonly used in Hungary, where it is borne by 18 people, or 1 in 545,349. In Hungary it is most prevalent in: Pest County, where 56 percent are found, Veszprém County, where 39 percent are found and Komárom-Esztergom County, where 6 percent are found. Outside of Hungary Semetka is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 19 percent are found and Canada, where 7 percent are found.

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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 Semetka
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