Semilan Surname

1,465,390th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 145 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Semilan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Semilan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia1421:207,70612,149
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028

Semilan (18) may also be a first name.

Semilan Last Name Facts

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

Semilan is held by more people in Malaysia than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Semilan? popularity and diffusion

The surname Semilan is the 1,465,390th most numerous last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 50,258,937 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of Semilan are found; 98 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 98 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Semilan is also the 2,608,198th most widely held first name world-wide, borne by 18 people.

Semilan is most prevalent in Malaysia, where it is borne by 142 people, or 1 in 207,706. In Malaysia it is mostly concentrated in: Sarawak, where 92 percent are found, Johor, where 3 percent are found and Kuala Lumpur, where 1 percent are found. Barring Malaysia it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 1 percent are found and India, where 1 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 Semilan
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