Semiah Surname

2,185,341st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 75 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Semiah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Semiah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia661:2,003,776125,554
Papua New Guinea71:1,164,817109,517
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622

Semiah (431) may also be a first name.

Semiah Last Name Facts

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

Semiah is most common in Indonesia. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Semiah.

How Common Is The Last Name Semiah? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,185,341st most widespread last name globally It is held by around 1 in 97,167,279 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 89 percent of Semiah reside; 88 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 88 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Semiah is also the 413,409th most numerous forename in the world. It is borne by 431 people.

The surname is most frequent in Indonesia, where it is borne by 66 people, or 1 in 2,003,776. In Indonesia Semiah is mostly concentrated in: West Nusa Tenggara, where 56 percent reside, West Kalimantan, where 42 percent reside and Aceh, where 2 percent reside. Barring Indonesia it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 9 percent reside and Nigeria, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shemiah9229/
Soemiah9214/
Semihah923/
Seymiah921/
Seimiah921/
Semia91515/
Somiah832,122/
Samiah831,188/
Semeah8329/
Semiat8329/
Shemia8327/
Semiha8324/
Semias8315/
Semiae8312/
Semija839/
Semioh835/
Semiho834/
Seimia833/
Simiah832/
Semioa832/
Scemia831/
Semhia831/
Setmia831/
Semmia831/
Seemia831/
Seamia830/
Shamiah77299/
Samihah7727/
Sammiah7714/
Sami'ah774/
Shemeah772/
Semihou772/
Simmiah772/
Seemmia772/
Schemia771/
Semmiat771/
Semihat771/
Gehmiah771/
Sohmiah771/
Siemiat771/
Semjaha771/
Semijja771/
Hshemia771/
Saimiah771/
Samiahj771/
Samia7329,197/
Somia73922/
Simia73705/
Jemia73492/
Semio73202/
Zemia73149/
Semea7394/
Symia7356/
Gemia7345/
Semya7318/
Sêmia731/
Semja731/
Cemia731/
Samaiyah7124/
Szemioth7114/
Siemiasz7110/
Somaiyah718/
Sahamiah713/
Shettmia713/
Ssemijja712/
Chemiaha711/
Somaiiah711/
Seemaiya711/
Semaihia711/
Somayiah711/
Shamihah711/
Samiha676,120/
Shamia673,067/
Semeao671,780/
Scimia671,216/
Semeha671,021/
Chemia67498/
Semião67203/
Samija67201/
Simiat67103/
Djemia6785/
Sommia6740/
Zismia6737/
Sameah6736/
Simiha6734/
Sismia6726/
Semyha6724/
Semiot6723/
Jemias6722/
Somija6719/
Sammia6716/
Jemiat6714/
Someah6712/
Samiaa678/
Shomia678/
Gismaijah677/
Shemea676/
Simias676/
Jemiad675/
Saimia675/
Samyah675/
Samiea675/
Semeho675/
Sammayiah675/
Sismaiyah674/
Somhia674/
Shemya673/
Saamia673/
Gemias672/
Gemija672/
Seemya672/
Sahmia671/
Cemias671/
Jemiha671/
Jemija671/
Jeamia671/
Cymiah671/
Zeemia671/
Simija671/
Semios671/
Soemya671/
Zomiah671/
Zemioh671/
Zoemia671/
Gesmia671/
Zaemia671/
Somiea671/
Shimia671/
Samjia671/
Seemja671/
Cemija671/
Seamea671/
Samjah671/
Simiad671/
Seymea671/
Jemeah671/
Jemhia671/
Jemmia670/

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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 Semiah
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