Semiah Surname
Approximately 75 people bear this surname
Semiah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 66 | 1:2,003,776 | 125,554 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
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 occurs more in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Semiah? popularity and diffusion
Semiah is the 2,185,341st most frequently held family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 97,167,279 people. This last name occurs mostly 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 widely held first name at a global level. It is borne by 431 people.
The last name Semiah is most numerous in Indonesia, where it is held by 66 people, or 1 in 2,003,776. In Indonesia it is most numerous in: West Nusa Tenggara, where 56 percent reside, West Kalimantan, where 42 percent reside and Aceh, where 2 percent reside. Without taking into account Indonesia this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 9 percent reside and Nigeria, where 1 percent reside.
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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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