Semla Surname
Approximately 680 people bear this surname
Semla Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poland | 421 | 1:90,282 | 13,915 |
| Tanzania | 124 | 1:426,948 | 29,878 |
| United States | 57 | 1:6,358,929 | 302,882 |
| Papua New Guinea | 26 | 1:313,604 | 42,091 |
| Germany | 14 | 1:5,750,390 | 205,224 |
| Bangladesh | 9 | 1:17,706,308 | 13,537 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Azerbaijan | 2 | 1:4,824,561 | 42,415 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
The alternate forms: Šemla (3) are calculated separately.
Semla (330) may also be a first name.
Semla Demographics
Average Semla Salary in
United States
$60,500 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Semla Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Semla Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Semla (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻠﻤﻰ, Hindi: सेमला, Oriya: େସମଲା, Russian: Семьла) has its highest incidence in Poland. It can be found as: Šemla. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Semla? popularity and diffusion
It is the 487,899th most frequent family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 10,716,979 people. The last name Semla occurs mostly in Europe, where 66 percent of Semla reside; 62 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 62 percent reside in West Slavic Europe. It is also the 482,193rd most numerous given name at a global level. It is borne by 330 people.
Semla is most frequently used in Poland, where it is held by 421 people, or 1 in 90,282. Aside from Poland Semla exists in 18 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 18 percent reside and The United States, where 8 percent reside.
Semla Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Semla surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 50% registered to vote for the party.
Semla earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 40.21% more than the national average, earning $60,500 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Semla Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Semla in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻠﻤﻰ | slmy | - |
| Semla in the Oriya language | ||
| େସମଲା | esamala | - |
| Semla in the Hindi language | ||
| सेमला | semala | 88.46 |
| शिमला | simala | 11.54 |
| Semla in the Russian language | ||
| Семьла | semla | - |
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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
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- 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 Semla
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