Semette Surname
Approximately 62 people bear this surname
Semette Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 36 | 1:113,746 | 6,801 |
| France | 26 | 1:2,554,720 | 189,486 |
Semette (16) may also be a first name.
Semette Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Semette Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Semette (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻤﺖ) occurs most in Mauritania. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Semette? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,436,415th most commonly occurring family name in the world, held by around 1 in 117,541,063 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 58 percent of Semette live; 58 percent live in West Africa and 58 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Semette is also the 2,786,762nd most common first name in the world, borne by 16 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Mauritania, where it is borne by 36 people, or 1 in 113,746. In Mauritania it is most common in: Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 53 percent are found, Trarza Region, where 31 percent are found and Inchiri Region, where 6 percent are found. Not including Mauritania this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in France, where 42 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Semette Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Semette in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻤﺖ | smt | 84 |
| ﺳﻤﺘﻪ | smth | 16 |
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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 Semette
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